Typed letter signed : Susquehanna, Pa., to Kenneth Millar, 1981 Mar. 10.

Record ID: 
90482
Accession number: 
MA 8678.1
Author: 
Gardner, John, 1933-1982.
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes: 

The recipient, Kenneth Millar, wrote crime fiction under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald.
Housed with MA 8678, a photocopy of the first three chapters of the typescript of Shadows, a novel by Gardner (MA 8678).

Summary: 

Discussing the influence that Ken Millar has had on him as a writer; sending him three chapters of Shadows, a novel he is working on; stressing that Millar should not feel compelled to read the chapters or even the letter; explaining that he is trying to write a book that is "slowed-down Macdonald"; commenting on the inspirations and influences behind some of his other books.

Provenance: 
Carter Burden.