ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/18/1892 - HFSID 299775
Price: $320.00
ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS
As editor of Wide Awake magazine, he solicits an article on
"How to Walk"
Autograph Letter signed: "E. S. Brooks", 2 pages (front and
verso), 5½x3¼. Boston, 1892 May 18. On letterhead of Wide Awake
magazine to "Dear Chas", in full: "Can you let me have by
return mail (!) or next earliest possible one of your brightest & best
articles - 'How to Walk' for the very next Wide Awake. Not over
500 words - not less than 350. Just practical advice for young trampers
based on your latest experience - & how to use their eyes when tramping.
This is a vacation number. In great haste". Elbridge Streeter Brooks
(1846-1902) was an editor and publisher of several newspapers and
magazines, including Wide Awake (1891-1893). He was the author of many
popular, youth-oriented books and articles on historical and patriotic
themes. These included biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses S. Grant and John Paul Jones. Lightly worn. Lightly soiled. Lightly
creased. Mounting residue at corners on front. Adhesive residue at corners on
verso. Otherwise, fine condition.
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