Oct 29, 2009 - Sale 2192

Sale 2192 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
"THERE'S SOMETHING SOUTH AMERICAN IN ME" WILDER, THORNTON. Group of 3 items: two Autograph Postcards Signed, "your old Thornton," to theatrical producer Michael Myerberg * Autograph Letter Signed. The first postcard, reporting that he likes South America but that he is ready to return and inviting him to visit at the University of Chicago. The second postcard, arranging an appointment with Adrienne in Chi[cago], and mentioning a meeting with K. Cobwell. Each postcard, 1 page, oblong 12mo. The letter, to Edward Choate, thanking him for his letter and invitation to contribute to the City Center program and explaining that his hermit lifestyle restricts him to writing on subjects that are close to him. 1 1/2 pages, small 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet, horizontal fold touching signature. With the original envelope. (RKM) Quito, 24 April; [Bomoseen], 15 June [1941]; Quebec City, [26] June 1966 [from postmarks]
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24 April [1941]: ". . . Tons to tell. . . . Busy crowded days. There's something South American in me: we get on fine. . . . My Spanish is still dreadful, but I addressed the flower of Ecuadorian intelligencia in it today. . . ."
[26] June 1966: ". . . In 1962 I felt driven to 'leave civilization'--I went to Arizona and became a hermit for 18 months in a small town on the Mexican border. No telephone; made most of my own meals. Since then I have stayed away from big (English-speaking) cities. I've seen nothing and heard nothing in New York, and little elsewhere.
". . . If I had something specific--and within my competence--to say, I'd be proud to appear in your program."