Charles Percy Snow letters and galley proofs of Last things, 1967-1970.

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Charles Percy Snow letters and galley proofs of Last things, 1967-1970.

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The collection consists of nine items, including: eight letters to Robie Macauley, editor of Playboy magazine, 1967-1970, chiefly about their plans to meet, with some mention of his life and work; also, uncorrected galley proof of Snow's novel, Last things, the last in his Strangers and Brothers sequence, circa 1968 (novel published 1970), with a few hand-written review comments by Stanley Weintraub. The proofs differ in some places from the published version of the novel.

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Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-....

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Stanley Weintraub was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1929. He earned a bachelor's degree in education at the West Chester State Teacher's College in 1949. He received his master's degree from Temple University "in absentia" because he was called to duty in the conflict in Korea two months prior to graduation. He spent two years in the Eighth Army where, as a first lieutenant, for his wartime service, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Korean Ribbon with five battle stars. Af...

Macauley, Robie.

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Robie Mayhew Macauley (1919-1995) was educated at Kenyon College, Iowa State University and the University of London. During and after World War II he served as an agent for the Counter-intelligence Corps in Europe and Japan. Some of the material for his short stories was based on his experience in intelligence work. Macauley taught at Bard College and the University of Iowa before coming to the Woman's College (UNCG) in 1950. In August 1953 he resigned from his teaching position, moving on to e...

Snow, C.P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980

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Charles Percy Snow was an English scientist, author, and statesman. Born in to a poor family, he chose to study science because financial aid was available for that discipline. After taking a Ph.D. in Physics from Oxford, he began publishing novels; despite early success, he entered government service, and had a long and distinguished career. Throughout his life, he balanced his interests in science, writing, and politics, making genuine contributions in all three arenas. As an author, he wrote ...