Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Letter to Jakie Pruett [manuscript] , 1979 February 3. - View Resource

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Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987. Letter to Jakie Pruett [manuscript] , 1979 February 3.

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Letter to Jakie Pruett [manuscript] , 1979 February 3.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647824774

Abstract

Caldwell replies to an inquiry about heroes, saying he always admired authors and wanted to be one.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7921328

University of Virginia. Library

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Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t2f58 (person)

Erskine Preston Caldwell was born in White Oak, Coweta County, Georgia, the son of Ira Sylvester Caldwell, a minister, and Caroline Bell, a teacher. Caldwell much later believed that being brought up as a minister's son in the Deep South was "my good fortune in life," for his family's frequent moves to different congregations in the region gave him an intimate knowledge of the people, localities, and ways of life that would inform his fiction and documentary writing. As a youth he observed, with...

Pruett, Jakie L., 1937-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv0hjv (person)

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