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Letter from Albert Bigelow Paine, Venice, Florida, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1935 March 8 : typescript signed, with corrections in ink.

BIB_ID
451047
Accession number
MA 4905.19
Creator
Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937, sender.
Display Date
Norwalk, Connecticut, 1935 March 8
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.5 cm
Notes
One of a collection of 32 letters from Albert Bigelow Paine to Edward Wagenknecht (MA 4905).
On stationery with the letterhead "Florida Medical Center / Venice, Florida / Office of Medical Director".
Addressed to "Mr. Edward Wagenknecht / University of Washington / Seattle, Washington".
Provenance
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Summary
Expressing surprise that neither Harpers nor Houghton Mifflin wanted Wagenknecht's book and encouraging him not to give up; complimenting the book; encouraging him to try Doubleday Doran, other big publishers, like Harcourt Brace, and John Farrar; stating that his health is bad due to myocarditis, but that he's improving; saying he "managed to get through with the Pulitzer prize fiction" and, although a welcome diversion, this will probably be his last year.