Tarkington, Booth: Letter, March 15 [1912]

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Tarkington, Booth: Letter, March 15 [1912]

identifier: 24-48-autograph-collection-tarkington-booth-letter-1912-075

title: Tarkington, Booth: Letter, March 15 [1912]

date: March 15, 1912

description: 1100 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana Mar 15.Dear Du… I've been at work for a ... thank heavens! It's bully to be at it again; the … of "Rosalyn's Christmas Party" was the last writing I did, except for the stage. I finished the first writing of this story tonight - 61 pages foolscap: so it's another long ... one. It's dense in the e.. f..., a play meant to be read never to be acted - just a scene, an episode of the French Revolution: really a "character study" and the story is different from the expected "Terror" plot, of.... However, when sharpened and edg.. and cleaned it up and patined it, I'll send it to you. Three weeks further a new probably. Then I've another notion for a study, I've thought I send the Sat. Eve. Post. having ... them. Meantime I've a drawer getting full of notes fora novel I'll get at immediately after. So, you see, I'm to be a real writing man again, at my .. trade instead of being a stage-hand. I'm in "..." ... again. My heart and nerves got funny last spring - I took the ... remedies, including ... through the Alps, and finally this winter the doctor ...; but when he finished a long thorough job, I had ... new coat of paint ans was good as new. One thing he insisted on was a permanent .... And if you ever see... getting ... for the whip I'll deed... Speaking of which, your ... of all Yauren .... have turned out to be an excellent housekeeper (i.e. I've got the best dankey to .... you ever saw: he and his wife and another ... keep me fed, and swabbed and coated and painted and flattered and - awake. But they're ... it !) yours alwyas NBT

type: Letter

relation: Autograph Collection: Tarkington, Booth

subject: Booth Tarkington

subject: novelist

subject: correspondence

relation: Autograph Collection

source: Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections

rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

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