Letters of Note
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Letters of Note

Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Letters of Note

Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience

About this book

Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher.

From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.

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Information

Publisher
Canongate Books
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781838853174
eBook ISBN
9781838856168
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History
INDEX
Adam ref1
Allen, Fred ref1
Allied Forces ref1
Amenhotep IV ref1
Anderson, Jourdon ref1
Anderson, Patrick Henry ref1
Angelou, Maya ref1
Athill, Diana ref1
Ayyab ref1
Baldwin, James ref1
Ballou, Sarah ref1
Ballou, Sullivan ref1
Barany, Leslie ref1
Barber, Marguerite ref1
Barber, Samuel ref1
Barrow, Clyde ref1
Barton, Bernard ref1
Baxley, Bill ref1
Beaulieu, John ref1
Bedell, Grace ref1
Birma, SS ref1
Boisjoly, Roger ref1
Bradbury, Ray ref1
Brando, Marlon ref1, ref1
Buang-Ly ref1
Bukowski, Charles ref1
Burns, Robert ref1
Cameron, James ref1
Carlson, Jerry ref1
Carr-Gomm, Francis ref1
Castro, Fidel ref1
Cave, Nick ref1
Chandler, Raymond ref1
Chapman, Mark ref1
Churchill, Clementine ref1
Churchill, Winston ref1, ref1
CINCPAC ref1
The Ciulla Family ref1
Clark Kerr, Sir Archibald ref1
Clegg, Bernulf ref1
Collins, Seward ref1
The Connell Family ref1
Compton, Lady Elizabeth ref1
Compton, Lord William ref1
Cox, Denis ref1
Crick, Francis ref1
Crick, Michael ref1
Darwin, Charles ref1
da Vinci, Leonardo ref1
Dean, James ref1
Deeley, Michael ref1
Delfont, Lord Bernard ref1
Dick, Philip K. ref1
Dickens, Charles ref1
Dickinson, Emily ref1
Docter, Pete ref1
Donato, Leonardo ref1
Dostoevsky, Fyodor ref1
Dostoevsky, Mikhail ref1
Douglass, Frederick ref1
Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette ref1
Earhart, Amelia ref1
Einstein, Albert ref1, ref1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. ref1, ref2, ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 001 Oneā€™s Drop Scones
  8. 002 From Hell
  9. 003 Wind the Clock
  10. 004 I am to be Executed
  11. 005 I Hear you Like Tomato Soup
  12. 006 I Wonder what your True Beliefs Really Are
  13. 007 The Wilderness
  14. 008 O God for One More Breath
  15. 009 The Elephant Man
  16. 010 I Like Words
  17. 011 I Canā€™t Fight Any Longer
  18. 012 Into Eternity
  19. 013 As dire as its Title
  20. 014 I Stand Astounded and Appalled
  21. 015 Fifty Lady Sharpshooters Await
  22. 016 To Hell With Hitler
  23. 017 Donā€™t Shake My Tree
  24. 018 How I Would Like to Work for You!
  25. 019 I will be there in the Trees
  26. 020 Five Accidents in Two Minutes
  27. 021 To my Old Master
  28. 022 My Good Friend Roosvelt
  29. 023 A Man has to be Something; He has to Matter
  30. 024 I Beg You to Take my Child
  31. 025 Thou Eunuch of Language
  32. 026 A Personal Letter from Steve Martin
  33. 027 Is it a Disgrace to be Born a Chinese?
  34. 028 O.M.G.
  35. 029 Donā€™t Let Anybody Raise You
  36. 030 God Damn it, I Split it so it Will Stay Split
  37. 031 I Shall be Waiting for You
  38. 032 My Muse is not a Horse
  39. 033 Our Frank
  40. 034 I am not Afraid of Robots. I am Afraid of People
  41. 035 Do
  42. 036 What did You Say? I Canā€™t Hear Youā€¦
  43. 037 THE AX
  44. 038 I Love my Wife. My Wife is Dead.
  45. 039 You Are not so Kind as You Used to be
  46. 040 Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
  47. 041 I Have Just Written You a Long Letter
  48. 042 Sweetheart Come
  49. 043 Avenge My Death
  50. 044 Donā€™t Touch his Hair
  51. 045 To: My Widow
  52. 046 Put Up your Dukes and Write!
  53. 047 You Must Know Again my Reluctance to Marry
  54. 048 Iā€™d Like to Continue to be a Good Soldier
  55. 049 The Galilean Moons
  56. 050 The Birch Bark Letters
  57. 051 To a Top Scientist
  58. 052 Deep Sickness Seized Me
  59. 053 Heā€™s Here, Living and Vivid and Unforgettable Forever
  60. 054 I Miss My Biggest Heart
  61. 055 Your End is Approaching
  62. 056 A Most Important Discovery
  63. 057 The Skills of Leonardo Da Vinci
  64. 058 I am in a State of Shock
  65. 059 Federal Agent at Large
  66. 060 Do not Grieve for Me
  67. 061 17 Million Negroes Cannot Wait for the Hearts of Men to Change
  68. 062 11 Aliveā€¦Need Small Boatā€¦Kennedy
  69. 063 Oh Christ, the Cook is Dead
  70. 064 IN Event of Moon Disaster
  71. 065 The Most Beautiful Death
  72. 066 Regarding Your Dam Complaint
  73. 067 Why Explore Space?
  74. 068 The Struggle must Continue, for our Futureā€™s Sake
  75. 069 What Gloomy Tidings About the Crabs
  76. 070 Who is this Kid?
  77. 071 I Wrote a Book Called the Godfather
  78. 072 The Result would be a Catastrophe
  79. 073 All the Ladies Like Whiskers
  80. 074 I Felt the Risk of Being Overwhelmed by Giger
  81. 075 How Could You Go Ahead of Me?
  82. 076 I am the Servant of the King
  83. 077 I Shall Always be Near You
  84. 078 Iā€™m Still Someplace
  85. 079 The Birth of Bonfire Night
  86. 080 We are the Gift
  87. 081 Forget Your Personal Tragedy
  88. 082 I was Meant to be a Composer
  89. 083 Permission to Land
  90. 084 Say Yes I Need a Job
  91. 085 We no Longer have any Right to Remain Silent
  92. 086 Kiplingā€™s Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette
  93. 087 Sex Does not Thrive on Monotony
  94. 088 Kiss My Ass
  95. 089 The Heiligenstadt Testament
  96. 090 Pay it Forward
  97. 091 Also
  98. 092 I was Ready to Sink into the Earth with Shame
  99. 093 Sorrow Passes and we Remain
  100. 094 It will Prove Invincible
  101. 095 The Difference between us is Very Marked
  102. 096 New Rubbish Dialogue
  103. 097 I Refuse to be Cheated Out of My Deathbed Scene
  104. 098 Obscene and Sacrilegious
  105. 099 Wretched Woman!
  106. 100 This is No Drill
  107. 101 Dear 8 Year-Old Teresa
  108. 102 What a Dandy Car You Make
  109. 103 Love, Dad
  110. 104 We are Sinking Fast
  111. 105 An Incredible Coincidence
  112. 106 Pixar Films Donā€™t Get Finished, they Just Get Released
  113. 107 May we all Get Better Together
  114. 108 We all Feel Like that Now and Then
  115. 109 It was Hard to Give Five Sons to the Navy
  116. 110 Nothing Good Gets Away
  117. 111 The Great Fire of London
  118. 112 It is Like Confessing a Murder
  119. 113 Hardly One. Hardly One
  120. 114 John Lennon Signed My Album
  121. 115 Out of all this Came Happiness
  122. 116 My Wick Hath a Thief in it
  123. 117 Vote for Me I Will Help You Out
  124. 118 Do Scientists Pray?
  125. 119 For the Sake of Humanity
  126. 120 I Have not Shot her Yet
  127. 121 Letter to a Young Poet
  128. 122 What Great Births You Have Witnessed!
  129. 123 Einsteinā€™s One Great Mistake
  130. 124 Come Quick to Me
  131. 125 Art is Useless Becauseā€¦
  132. 126 I Leave it in Your Capable Hands
  133. 127 Slaughterhouse-Five
  134. 128 My Dungeon Shook
  135. Index
  136. Acknowledgements
  137. Permission Credits
  138. A Note about the Typefaces