JOHN HERSEY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/17/1984 - HFSID 155736
Price: $400.00
JOHN HERSEY
The author signs this letter of regret that he does not have any
photographs of himself and explains that the recipient will know him better
through reading his works
Autograph Letter Signed: "John Hersey", 1p, 6¼x7. New Haven,
Connecticut, 1984, February 17. On personal letterhead to Mr. Nagy. In
full: "Thank you for your pleasing letter. I'm afraid I don't keep any
photographs of myself around: I don't especially like to look at my own face.
Your generous reading of my books will have given you, at least indirectly, a
better picture of me. Best wishes to you for pleasure in future reading - and
other sorts of pleasure, too. Sincerely," A former war correspondent in the
Pacific and Europe for Time magazine (1939-1945), John Hersey
(1914-1993) brought vivid accounts of war to readers in such books as
Men on Bataan (1942), Hiroshima (1946), a graphic report on the
bombing of the Japanese city, and The Wall (1950). His 1944 book,
A Bell for Adano, the story of the Allied occupation of Italy, won the
1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Fold crease not near signature.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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