Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, March 9, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda relates a story about selling hay. She updates John about her progress on the novel and writes about Wesley receiving cards from an "unknown woman".

Publication Date

3-9-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, hay, Guadeloupe, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Rimby, William M. Brunner, Shillington High School, Norman W. Shrawder, Kenneth Kohl, Fred Muth, Piedmont, Haverford, Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Through the Looking Glass

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Happy un-birthday to you! Mother]

The reverse of the letter contains an unrelated fragment of fiction writing.

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, March 9, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 75.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/75

Rights Statement

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