JOHN HERSEY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/19/1959 - HFSID 173923
Price: $400.00
JOHN HERSEY
The author sends handwritten letter of regret that he is not able to
speak at a PTA meeting
Autograph Letter Signed: "John Hersey", 1p, 6¼x7. Hull's
Highway, Southport, Connecticut, 1959, October 19. On personal letterhead
to Mrs. Saul. In full: "Thank you for your invitation to speak to
your P. T. A. in February. I'm sorry to say I must decline, because for several
years I have made no speeches of any kind; for I believe that a writer should
stick to writing. Thanks for having asked me.. 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.
Lightly toned. Fold crease not near signature. Lightly creased at upper
margin. Water stain at left margin. Otherwise, fine condition.
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