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I miss letters

April 23, 2009July 19, 2013 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

On October 8, 1946, legendary singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie  wrote an eight-page letter to Charlotte Strauss. The two had been corresponding since 1945, after Strauss read Guthrie's autobiography Bound for Glory and wrote him a fan letter. That eight-page letter went up for auction on January 15, 2009 at Freeman's, as part of the Manuscript Archive of … Continue reading I miss letters

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