Shaun Usher Collection 2 Books Set More Letters of Note
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More Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by
Shaun Usher
These letters deliver the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically
significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Discover
Richard Burton's farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller's
letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about 'hearing' their
concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan
Airlines flight in 1985, David Bowie's response to his first piece of
fan mail from America and even Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader
applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor
at Hogwarts.
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same
name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling
hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection
of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters
updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction
from curator Shaun Usher.From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide
letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to
President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression
'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to
Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled
young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter,
Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written
correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and
brilliance that make up all of our lives.
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Shaun Usher Collection 2 Books Set More Letters of Note
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