Record ID:
380858
Accession number:
MA 5026.88
Credit:
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.8 cm
Notes:
Written while Cheever was at Camp Gordon, Ga., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
Part of a large collection of letters from John Cheever to his wife, Mary Cheever. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 5026 for details.
Summary:
Discussing his work in the personnel office; noting that "the good point about this job ... is that one day is pretty much like another and you don't wake up in the morning, as you do in the field, with no idea of what's going to happen to you"; complaining about the "personnel men" who are "a pain in the neck" and make all their plans "with the idea of personal safety at the top of the list"; adding that she "had better send [him] some money."
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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