TLS, 1982 January 18 : New Haven, CT, to Ms. Jean Sprain Wilson, New York, NY.

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TLS, 1982 January 18 : New Haven, CT, to Ms. Jean Sprain Wilson, New York, NY.

Hersey writes correcting Wm. Manchester's statement that he was on Bataan or at Corregidor. "I was in the South Pacific a little later, but my "Men on Bataan" was a book written at second hand, researched by me here in the U.S. In writing it I drew heavily on others' reports ..."

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of YMCA missionaries. Following his graduation from Yale in 1936, he became a prominent American journalist and novelist. From the description of John Hersey papers, ca. 1900-1985 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702160854 John Hersey was an author and journalist, best known for socially conscious novels such as A Bell for Adano and Hiroshima. Hersey was born in China to missionary parents, and graduated fro...