John Leggett writings 1960-1969

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John Leggett writings 1960-1969

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The John Leggett writings contain drafts and proofs for Leggett's first three novels, Wilder Stone (1960), The Gloucester Branch (1964), and Who Took the Gold Away (1969).

3.13 linear feet (8 boxes)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349439

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Leggett, John, 1917-....

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John Leggett was born November 11, 1917, in New York, N.Y. to Bleecker Noel and Dorothy (Mahar) Leggett. Leggett attended Andover, received an A.B. from Yale University in 1942, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945. He married Mary Lee Fahnestock in 1948, with whom he had three children. They divorced in 1986, and Leggett married Edwina Bennington of San Francisco. Leggett was an editor and publicity director for Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston from ...