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Book Number: 405028 The Book: The Letters of Alexander Woollcott [1897-1943], edited by Beatrice Kaufman and Joseph Hennessey. Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1944. Index, illus., photo, blue cloth, dj. (light soil), 8vo., 410 pp. VG condition. Witty, insightful, and sometimes caustic letters from one of America's most prolific drams critics, writers, and broadcasters. None of Woollcott's letters were written with the intention of being published; many, especially those written just prior to WW II, contain a fascinating perspective on 20th century America. For example, Woollcott's 1935 letter to Paul Harper, who represented the "Cream of Wheat" advertising account that sponsored Woollcott's radio program, takes the sponsor to task for their insistence that Woollcott refrain from making caustic references to Hitler and Mussolini because they found them offensive.
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