Letters to Thomas Boyd, 1922-1929.

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Letters to Thomas Boyd, 1922-1929.

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Consists chiefly of letters written by Charles Macomb Flandrau to Thomas Boyd while Flandrau was traveling in Europe, concerning their respective works in progress, dealings with publishers, and Flandrau's impressions of Spain, France, and St. Paul (his home town). Also includes a letter to Boyd from Edmund L. Pearson, replying to an inquiry about Flandrau's work.

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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...

Cariveau, Robert, 1892-

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Flandrau, Charles Macomb, 1871-1938

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Flandrau was an American author. From the description of Letters to Thomas Boyd, 1922-1929. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83770781 Charles Eugene Flandrau was born July 15, 1828, in New York City, the son of Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth Maria (Macomb) Flandrau. He was educated in Georgetown, District of Columbia, served as a seaman on several United States revenue cutters, and returned to New York as a veneer-sawyer in a mahogany mill. He returned to Wh...

Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935

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Thomas Boyd was born in Defiance, Ohio on July 3, 1898. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during World War I. In 1920 he married Margaret "Peggy" Woodward Smith and they moved to Minneapolis where they wrote for newspapers. Boyd completed his first novel, Through the Wheat, about his war experiences. After divorcing in 1929 Thomas Boyd married Ruth Fitch and Peggy Smith married Ted Shane. Boyd became a Communist Party member and was the first Communist Candidate to run for governor Vermont in 19...