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JOHN HERSEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/16/1945 - HFSID 320750

The Pulitzer Prize winning author writes a short thank you note to an acquaintance Typed Letter Signed: "John Hersey", 1 page, 7¼x10. New York City, New York, May 16, 1945. To "Dear Mrs. [Janet B.] Walter:" In full: "Thanks ever so much for your kind note.…"

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JOHN HERSEY
The Pulitzer Prize winning author writes a short thank you note to an acquaintance
Typed Letter Signed: "John Hersey", 1 page, 7¼x10. New York City, New York, May 16, 1945. To "Dear Mrs. [Janet B.] Walter:" In full: "Thanks ever so much for your kind note. I hope we may have a chance to renew our acqauintance [sic] some time soon. Sincerely yours". 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. Normal mailing fold. Creased and toned around edges. Lower left edge worn with small tears. Otherwise, fine condition.

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