Letters : to Anne Ford, 1966-1969.

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Letters : to Anne Ford, 1966-1969.

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Letters from Abigail Adams Homans, great-grandaughter of John Quincy Adams, to Anne Ford, publicity director for Houghton Mifflin, publisher of Homans' Education by uncles (1966). The letters, which mostly comment on the books which Miss Ford has sent, are full of Homans' trenchant wit and reveal her reading interests. Collection also contains photographs of Homans with her pet pug dog. Includes letters, 1967-1970, to Ford from Molly Berkeley, author of Winking at the brim (Boston, 1967).

ca. 30 items.

Boston Athenaeum

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Ford, Anne Adelaide, 1901-1993

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Anne Adelaide Ford was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 12, 1901 to Michael Joseph and Johanna (Cuthbert) Ford. Her siblings included Margaret (Ford) Kieran and John Cuthbert Ford, SJ. She attended Brookline High School and earned her BA from Boston University. Ford began her career writing "variety news" for Boston newspapers. She then took a position as a press agent for the Theater Guild, promoting plays across the United States. She made connections with publishers by cross-pr...

Homans, Abigail Adams, 1879-1974

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Author. From the description of Letters : to Anne Ford, 1966-1969. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 39344976 ...

Berkeley, Molly

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