Record ID:
380963
Accession number:
MA 5026.115
Credit:
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.4 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 newspaper headlines that predict an "Invasion in 9 Months"; mentioning that "in the PX now they have lookies as well as the juke box. Lookies are sort of like short movies and they cost a dime"; noting that everyone has "respiratory conditions" because "the weather around here is so unreliable"; reporting that his transfer to "special duty came out last night" and that he "hope[s] to talk with Captain Leeb this afternoon and come to a better definition of [his] duties."
Provenance:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
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