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Letter from Jacques Barzun, New York, to John Stanger, 1991 October 15 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
436362
Accession number
MA 23730.2
Creator
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1991 October 15.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2020.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 19.5 x 12.9 cm
Notes
Addressed from "Jacques Barzun / 1170 Fifth Avenue / New York, New York 10029."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Jacques Barzun."
Part of a collection of letters from various individuals responding to an inquiry by an eighth-grade English teacher, John Stanger, about which books had been most influential in their lives.
Provenance
Purchased from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, 2020.
Summary
Writing the the two books that shaped his mind are William James' Principles of philosophy and A.N. Whitehead's Science and the modern world; asking Stanger to tell him why he wants this information.