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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda inquires about John's plans to return home over the holiday season. Linda updates John about life at home and asks about his finances while away at college.

Publication Date

11-22-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson, Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Harvard University, money, Harvard Lampoon, Greenwich, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 22, 1950

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