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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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Include books by the same authorLetters of E.B. White
E.B. White · 686 pages
Letters written between 1908 and 1976, which are at the same time a biography and the history of an era.
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
George L. Jackson · 294 pages
From Library Journal Jackson gained notoriety shortly before his death in 1970 when his younger brother unsuccessfully tried to free him at gunpoint when Jackson and two others were on trial for killing a guard. Written between 1964 and 1970 while serving time in Soledad Prison for robbery, the letters reveal the brutality and racism faced by prisoners and call for unity among African Americans. T
Letters & Papers from Prison
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 437 pages
This new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his par
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgard · 224 pages
The first entry in a planned four-part autobiographical series presents sensory letters written to the author's unborn daughter that describe his childhood and daily life with his wife and older children in rural Sweden.
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 155 pages
An Amazon Best Book of July 2015: Readers of his work in The Atlantic and elsewhere know Ta-Nehisi Coates for his thoughtful and influential writing on race in America. Written as a series of letters to his teenaged son, his new memoir, Between the World and Me, walks us through the course of his life, from the tough neighborhoods of Baltimore in his youth, to Howard University—which Coates dubs “
A Life in Letters
John Steinbeck · 908 pages
"Surely his most interesting, plausibly his most memorable, and...arguably his best book" -The New York Times Book ReviewFor John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation for work and a natural way for him to communicate his thoughts on people he liked and hated; on marriage, women, and children; on the condition of the world; and on his progress in learning his craft.
Letters
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 464 pages
A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author's literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books.
Grumbles from the Grave
Robert A. Heinlein · 310 pages
"A Del Rey book." A collection of letters to and from the author beginning in 1939 through his many years of fiction writing.
Letters, 1945-59
William S. Burroughs · 512 pages
Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 290 pages
Letters Home
Sylvia Plath · 512 pages
Forms a kind of autobiography of at least one aspect of Sylvia Plath's very complex life; it also coduments the flowering of abright young woman with promising talents into a full-blown genius, one of the greatest writers of this century.
Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958
Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson · 195 pages
"On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac met Joyce Glassman. This unique book, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other whenever Jack was in transit, reveals a surprising side of Kerouac - his capacity for forming a tender bond with a woman who shared his passion for writing. It also gives us a vivid and immediate picture from the female
Dear Mr. You
Mary-Louise Parker · 240 pages
"A wonderfully unconventional literary debut from the award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker. An extraordinary literary work, Dear Mr. You renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison
Jack Henry Abbott · 166 pages
This book collects Abbott's correspondence from prison with Norman Mailer, who provides an introduction. Abbott was a convict who had served the bulk of his life in various prisons across the country. The book is a lauded entry in the repertoire of prison literature.
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald · 416 pages
"Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. Here now, for the first time, is the story of their love in the couple's own letters. Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda consists of more than 75 percent previously unpublished or out-of-print letters as well as ext
The Mitfords: Letters between Six Sisters
Charlotte Mosley · 848 pages
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Abigail Adams, John Adams · 528 pages
A collection of letters between Abigail and John Adams written from 1762 to 1801 covering topics of revolution, independence, and nation building, along with those that reflect their love for one another.
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
Julia Child · 416 pages
Gone with the Wind Letters
Margaret Mitchell · 480 pages
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde · 147 pages
Obra de expiación del escritor irlandés Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Acusado de pederastia, homosexualidad y al borde del suicidio al ser condenado a dos años de prisión, Wilde encuentra consuelo en la meditación del dolor y del sufrimiento a través de la vida, pasión y muerte de un Jesús humanizado. Arrepentido de su oprobiosa culpa, desea rehacer su vida y encontrar una nueva felicidad.
Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
Karen Blixen · 474 pages
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda · 392 pages
In this dual memoir, Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda recount how they became best friends and better people through letters. The coauthors are Martin Ganda and Liz Welch.