Description: TYPED LETTER, SIGNED, TO JAMES SALTER (NOVEMBER 29, 1983) Author: Ford, Richard Title: TYPED LETTER, SIGNED, TO JAMES SALTER (NOVEMBER 29, 1983) Publication: Missoula, MT: S.i., 1983 Description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first letter to Salter, written in response to his appreciation of Ford's Esquire essay "The Three Kings: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald" (December 1, 1983). Ford expresses his appreciation of the letter, mentioning "I didn't think I'd done much for the Faulkner-Hemingway-Fitzgerald canon, and in fact my purest pleasure in writing the essay was to say a kind word about my mother, and to try and make some small narrative good out of what seemed like a hit-or-miss college life." He goes on to acknowledge his love of Sherwood Anderson, a mutual influence: "...hist stories were the first ones I read after I woke up -- about age 25. And I admire many, many of them: "Death in the Woods," "I Want to Know Why." It's rare these days even to hear anyone mention his name, and I appreciate your doing it and reminding me of him and the pleasure I had fro those stories." The two kept up their correspondence over the next three decades, with Ford becoming one of the great advocates of Salter's work. In his introduction to the Penguin Classics edition of Light Years, Ford would declare: "It is an article of faith among readers of fiction that James Salter writes American sentences better than anyone writing today." Typed letter on white bond (measuring ca.8.5" x 11"); 30 lines (287 words), and signed "Cordially, Richard Ford" at lower margin. Two old folds from mailing smoothed-out, modest handling and a few creases, with a few faint foxed spots, three tiny spots of correction fluid, and two holograph corrections in Ford's hand. Seller ID: 4572 Subject: Literature, Website Only Captain Ahab's Rare Books pursues fine books in all fields, with a special emphasis in 19th and 20th century literature, manuscripts, association copies, mystery & science fiction. We are proud members of the Virginia Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Terms All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 935 USD
Location: Stephenson, Virginia
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Author: Ford, Richard
Publisher: S.i
Year Printed: 1983
Special Attributes: Signed
Binding: Loose Pages, Articles
Language: English
