Record ID:
90482
Accession number:
MA 8678.1
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.
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