Letters of E. B. White

E. B. White, Collected and Edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth

ISBN 10: 006014601X / ISBN 13: 9780060146016

Published by Harper & Row, New York, N.Y., USA, 1976

About this Item

This book is in very good condition. There is slight wear on the edges but no tears or stains. The Jacket is in good condition. There are small tears on the top and bottom edges but no stains. These letters, written between 1908 and 1976, are an autobiography and the history of the era. The letters are beautifully and comically written, and personal, precise. and honest. They are full f people, vividly portrayed, including White's family, the New Yorker's staff, literary people and show-business people and farmers from Maine. The letters are presented chronologically and there is an index. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters of E. B. White
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York, N.Y., USA
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006014601X
• ISBN 13: 9780060146016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Letters of E. B. White touches on a wide variety of subjects, including the New Yorker editor who became the author's wife; their dachshund, Fred, with his "look of fake respectability"; and White's contemporaries, from Harold Ross and James Thurber to Groucho Marx and John Updike and, later, Senator Edmund S. Muskie and Garrison Keillor. Updated with newly released letters from 1976 to 1985, additional photographs, and a new foreword by John Updike, this unparalleled collection of letters from one of America's favorite essayists, poets, and storytellers now spans nearly a century, from 1908 to 1985.

About the Author

E. B. White, the author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, then in its infancy. He died on October 1, 1985, and was survived by his son and three grandchildren.

Mr. White's essays have appeared in Harper's magazine, and some of his other books are: One Man's Meat, The Second Tree from the Corner, Letters of E. B. White, Essays of E. B. White, and Poems and Sketches of E. B. White. He won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which commended him for making a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."

During his lifetime, many young readers asked Mr. White if his stories were true. In a letter written to be sent to his fans, he answered, "No, they are imaginary tales . . . But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination."