Letters and Journals
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
by Lisa (edt) Grunwald  Publisher Comments Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen, write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens...
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The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time
by David H. Lowenherz Publisher Comments If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Much the way light displays every color when passed through a...
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An Englishwoman's Love Letters
by Anonymous Publisher Comments At once genuine and coy, rapturous and despondent, from the ecstasy of the first declarations of love to the desperate mournful whisperings of a heart broken...
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Hell Hath No Fury: Womens Letters from the End of the Affair
by Anna Holmes 
Publisher Comments In this extensively researched collection, editor Anna Holmes has amassed an inspirational, historical, and highly entertaining collection of letters from women across the centuries (both known and unknown, fictional and real). From Heloise (of Abelard...
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Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999
by Lisa Grunwald Publisher Comments "Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens,...
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Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters
by Joseph Parisi Publisher Comments Poignant, hilarious, and brutally frank, Dear Editor reveals the personalities and untold stories behind the creation of modern poetry. "The history of poetry and Poetry in America are almost interchangeable, certainly inseparable," A. R. Ammons wrote...
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Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present
by Lisa Grunwald Publisher Comments Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's singular correspondences--often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by...
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Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children
by Dorie Mccull Lawson Publisher Comments An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of America’s most storied families. Posterity is at once an...
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From Daughters & Sons to Fathers: What I've Never Said
by Constance Warloe Publisher Comments [Handle] A touching book that reaffirms the important bond between father and child.[body] In an age of Kiss-And-Tell-All, isn't it strange that so many have so much trouble expressing what is most enduring, and most true, to those who brought us into...
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Between the Lines: A History of Poetry in Letters, Part II: 1962-2002
by Joseph Parisi Publisher Comments Continuing the saga begun in Dear Editor, the former editor and senior editor of Poetry magazine tell the story of the last half-century of the magazine's leadership in the publication of American poetry through correspondence with a myriad of poets. An...
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The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists
by Irene Taylor Publisher Comments "A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen, (William Soutar). This remarkable anthology includes entries from more than 170 diarists and is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive ever compiled. Ten years...
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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
by David S Shields Publisher Comments In cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By examining their various 'texts'--conversations, letters, newspapers, and privately circulated...
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Hell Hath No Fury: Women's Letters from the End of the Affair
by Anna Holmes
Powells.com Staff Pick "'Dear Jamie, I missed you today, I missed you yesterday and with any luck I won't see you tomorrow,' writes Kylie, 28, from Queensland, Australia, to her ex-fiancée Jamie. Gleefully caustic, she begins her version of the little publicized, but oft...
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Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters
by Andrew Carroll Publisher Comments This acclaimed bestselling collection of more than 200 fascinating letters spans 350 years of American history and culture, and represents selections from Amelia Earhart to Malcolm X....
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Between Ourselves
by Karen Payne Publisher Comments A new dimension in women's history: the relationships between mothers and daughters as revealed by their letters to each other over five hundred years....
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Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters
by Andrew Carroll Synopsis Letters of a Nation is the most diverse and comprehensive anthology of American letters ever assembled. Over 200 letters -- many never before published -- are featured here, including letters of love, rage, humor, war, protest, immigration, family, death,...
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Take My Advice: Secret Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two
by James Harmon Publisher Comments Take Their Advice: Camille Paglia - Wayne Koestenbaum - Jonathan Ames - Jennifer Belle - Howard Zinn - Joe Dallesandro - Bruce LaBruce - Dr. Laura Schlessinger - Tom Robbins - Judith Butler - Martha Nussbaum Horst - William S. Burroughs - Larry Niven...
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Womens Letters Mothers Sisters Daughters
by Michelle Lovric
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Private Pages
by Penny Franklin
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My Dear Mother: Stormy, Boastful, and Tender Letters from Famous Sons
by Karen Elizab Gordon Publisher Comments This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis...
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