Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 4, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John about her work on the Dear Juan novel, asking him to locate historic information for the setting of the book. She also relates the latest adventures of the family dogs.

Publication Date

1-4-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Mr. Gelnett, Harvard Lampoon, dogs, Shillington High School, Brecknock Township, Roy Geiger, Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Pedro Giron, Henry IV of Castile, Alfonso Prince of Asturias, Olmedo, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

This letter also contains notations, perhaps written in the hand of John Updike: [May 2; June 5]

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 4, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 46.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/46

Rights Statement

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