JESSAMYN WEST - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/20/1974 - HFSID 224652
Price: $200.00
JESSAMYN WEST
Author West writes regarding a request to autograph "Except of Me and Thee"
Autograph Letter signed: "Jessamyn West". 1p. 5½x7¾, personal
letterhead. Napa, Californaia, 1974 May 20, to Mr. Stanhope. In
full: "Dear Mr. Stanhope, I'd be very happy to auto-graph "Except for Me
and Thee: for you - and I htnak you for your interest in my writing Sincerely,"
American author Jessamyn West (1902-1984) is perhaps best known for
her 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion that was made into a movie
starring Gary Cooper in 1956. Other novels include The Witch Diggers
(1951), A Matter of Time (1966) and The Massacre at Fall Creek
(1975). Her other writing include screenplays The Big County (1958) and
Stolen Hours (1963). West taught at writers' conferences (1935-1984) at
various universities including Stanford, Loyola Marymount, Notre Dame and
Portland University. Her opera libretto A Mirror of the Sky was
first performed at the University of Oregon in 1957. A Quaker, West helped found
the Palmer Society in 1921, was the editor of A Quaker Reader (1962), and
the second cousin of President Richard Nixon. Normal mailing folds. Lightly
creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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