Edmund Lester Pearson letters [manuscript], 1928.

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Edmund Lester Pearson letters [manuscript], 1928.

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In a letter, 1928 Nov 6., to [Robert] Bridges he writes that he is writing a history of the Dime novel to be published by Little Brown & Co. and inquires about his knowledge of Dime novels. A carbon copy reply is attached responding to Pearson's letter, recalling his boyhood memories of reading, particularly his hero Jack Harkaway by Bracebridge Hemyng as well as novels by Mayne Reid and adding an anecdote about Theodore Roosevelt. An undated letter thanks Bridges for his letter and notes that Jack Harkaway was a Dime novelist and adds, "You were being cultured without knowing it." A 1928 Dec 5 letter thanks Bridges for his second letter, noting that it will be useful to him, adding that he read mayne Reid and An undated letter thanks Bridges for his letter and notes that Mayne Reid was a Dime novelist and adds, "You were being cultured without knowing it." In a letter, n.y. Sep 8., to [Alfred?] Dashiell, Pearson writes that last winter he started to write a detective novel, but has not made much progress. He has to keep at his regular work of non-fiction to pay his living expenses and doesn't seem to find the "leisure and breathing space to start a new and doubtfully rewarded kind of writing." He adds, "Doubtfully, I mean, for me."

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Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901

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Dashiell, Alfred S. (Alfred Sheppard), 1901-1970

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Editor. From the description of Alfred Sheppard Dashiell letters to Michael Gold (Irving Granich) [manuscript], 1931 Oct 17 and Nov 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247517166 ...

Pearson, Edmund Lester, 1880-1937

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Editor and author. Worked for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York Evening Post, Life, Scribner's, etc. From the description of Edmund Lester Pearson letters [manuscript], 1928. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 274184207 Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937) was an American librarian and writer best known for his book Studies in Murder (1924) and other essays in the true crime genre. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1...

Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941

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Editor of Scribner's magazine. From the description of Letter to Stewart Edward White, 1897 March 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51610799 Resident of Hancock (Washington County), Md. From the description of Papers, 1868-1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276562 ...

Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to P.T. Barnum, [18]74 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616626 Anglo-Irish novelist. From the description of Letters : to W[illiam] Bliss, 1873 Oct. 8 and 1875 Mar. 20. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481683 From the description of To the United States : autograph manuscript signed of a corrected d...