BELLOW SAUL Typed Letter Signed to Jean Herskovits

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RECALLS IMPORTANCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY INSTRUCTOR TO "HENDERSON THE RAIN KING" BELLOW, SAUL. Typed Letter Signed, to Jean Herskovits, remembering her father Melville J. Herskovits (who was Bellow's undergraduate anthropology instructor), and remarking that Henderson the Rain King could not have been written without his influence. 1 page, 8vo, "The University Professors" stationery; faint toning in band across middle affecting text, horizontal folds. With the original envelope. Boston, 12 May 1994

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"Many of your memorable father's pupils have told you, surely, how important he was to them. He liberated and civilized many of us. As an undergraduate, I must have taken every course he gave. He was, moreover, a singularly charming man. I can remember, when I read of his death, how it grieved me and how sorry I was for you--though I knew you only by name.
"I felt that he was fond of me. . . . He kidded me in Evanston, accusing me of disrespect for his field. I made fun of it, he said, in Henderson the Rain King. Not at all. I'd never have written it if I hadn't studied with him. I'm glad to remember that I gave him some amusement. . . ."