Title

Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, March 12, 1951

Authors

Linda Grace Hoyer

Files

Description

In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda notes that Wesley and her father have been arguing lately. She shares her plans for sending a birthday cake to John and comments about boys in the community and the draft.

Publication Date

3-12-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Chatterbox, Nancy Wolf, William Reedy, Earl Snyder, Charley Snyder, Middlebury College, military draft, J. Allen Richards, Tallulah Bankhead, Mr. Ferry, Wesley Russell Updike, John Franklin Hoyer, 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].

The reverse of this letter contains an unrelated fragment of fiction writing, perhaps from the Dear Juan novel.

Recommended Citation

Hoyer, Linda Grace, "Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, March 12, 1951" (1951). Linda Grace Hoyer Family Correspondence. 76.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/hoyer_correspondence/76

Rights Statement

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