Letters of note : correspondence deserving of a wider audience /
Usher, Shaun
Letters of note : correspondence deserving of a wider audience / compiled by Shaun Usher. - Edinburgh, London : Canongate Books, 2016. - xvi, 368 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 23 cm
Includes index
DIARIES, LETTERS & JOURNALS. Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world`s most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. 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.
in English
978-1-78211-928-9
Letters
808.86 Us3l 2016
Letters of note : correspondence deserving of a wider audience / compiled by Shaun Usher. - Edinburgh, London : Canongate Books, 2016. - xvi, 368 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 23 cm
Includes index
DIARIES, LETTERS & JOURNALS. Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world`s most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. 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.
in English
978-1-78211-928-9
Letters
808.86 Us3l 2016