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A review by sloatsj
Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
3.0
Some remarkable letters here, some of which are reproduced, which is all the better. I confess to not reading every single one. I dislike Ernest Hemingway, for example; I have Hemingway over-saturation and never need to hear of him again.
My 2 favourites here were
1. "Sweetheart, Come," a profoundly sad letter from a crazy woman to her husband, especially worthwhile for being reproduced
2. "To my old master," from a former slave to his former master, which is basically an effective flipping of the bird
There were other worthwhile letters, like the one from the guy who foresaw the Challenger disaster, and the pissed-off guy who wrote to an environmental agency about a dam.
I didn't like the show-offy letters, like Eudora Welty's (though I love Eudora Welty) and Groucho Marx. They were more irritating than amusing.
All in all a nice collection. I gave it as a gift.
My 2 favourites here were
1. "Sweetheart, Come," a profoundly sad letter from a crazy woman to her husband, especially worthwhile for being reproduced
2. "To my old master," from a former slave to his former master, which is basically an effective flipping of the bird
There were other worthwhile letters, like the one from the guy who foresaw the Challenger disaster, and the pissed-off guy who wrote to an environmental agency about a dam.
I didn't like the show-offy letters, like Eudora Welty's (though I love Eudora Welty) and Groucho Marx. They were more irritating than amusing.
All in all a nice collection. I gave it as a gift.