STEWART EDWARD WHITE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/19/1920 - HFSID 206137

STEWART EDWARD WHITE
White signed this typed letter on his personalized stationery to an autograph hunter in 1920. In it, he says that he'll autograph any book, as long as it's accompanied by a $5 check to the American Red Cross.
Typed letter signed "Stewart Edward White" in blue ink.With pencil notation in lower right corner in unknown hand.1 page, 8¼x10¾, on White's personalized stationery. Oct. 19, 1920. In full: "Dear Sir: In answer to your letter of Oct 15, I shall be very glad to autograph any book,but upon a condition I have adopted. Last week for example I autographed between twenty and thirty books,and had to unpack and repack them. This I am glad to do,but I have felt that someone should benefit. Therefore I have arranged to autograph any book accompanied by a check for five dollars made out to the San Mateo of the American Red Cross. Most sincerely, By G O E". White (1873-1901, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was an American author and conservationist known for his adventure and metaphysical books. The son of a lumberman and outdoorsman, White studied philosophy at the University of Michigan and worked as a lumberjack and a cowboy and was a gold prospector in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He published a number of books between 1901 and 1947, many of which were motivational works inspired by his own adventures. His most famous book is probably The Blazed Trail (1902), a muckraking book about the lumber trade. He later published books on mysticism, including The Betty Book (1937) and The Unobstructed Universe (1940), the second about his communication with his dead wife Betty. Lightly toned and creased. Rounded and torn corners. Tears in top edge. Folded once horizontally and twice vertically and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.