Julia Mood Peterkin letter, 1938.

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Julia Mood Peterkin letter, 1938.

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The collection consists of one autograph letter signed by Julia Peterkin. It was written from her home at Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, South Carolina, to Mr. M. H. Kowan of Columbus, Ohio, and postmarked 20 January 1939. Written in reply to queries by Mr. Kowan about the fictive process, including the source of characters and the novelist's motivations in producing a work of fiction, she responds, "My writing came from a wish to record people, happenings that appealed to me. Everything I have written as fiction has had a parallel in my experience..." She continues for a total of 28 lines discussing her literary efforts and the reasons behind them.

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Peterkin, Julia Mood, 1880-1961

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American author. From the description of Papers of Julia Mood Peterkin [manuscript], 1927-1931. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870333 From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Lang Syne Plantation, Fort Motte, S.C., and New York, to Stark Young, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872100 Julia Mood Peterkin was a South Carolina novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, which was later adapte...

Kowan, Michael

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Michael Kowan and his wife, Rachel Howitz Kowan, owned and operated Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Michael served in World War II and was in England from 1943 to 1945. From the description of Michael Kowan family papers, 1942-1987. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 277512301 ...