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To the letter : a curious history of correspondence / Simon Garfield.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
808.6 GAR	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780857868619 (paperback)
ISBN	0857868616 (paperback)
Name	Garfield, Simon author.
Title	To the letter : a curious history of correspondence / Simon Garfield.
Published	Edinburgh, Scotland : Canongate Books, 2014
Published	©2013
Description	464 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes	Originally published: 2013.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Every letter contains a miniature story, and here are some of the greatest. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, Simon Garfield uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a supporting cast including Pliny the Younger, Ted Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen, David Foster Wallace and the Little Red-Haired Girl). There is also a brief history of the letter-writing guide, with instructions on when and when not to send fish as a wedding gift. And as these accounts unfold, so does the tale of a compelling wartime correspondence that shows how the simplest of letters can change the course of a life.
Subjects	Letter writing
Subjects	Letter writing -- History
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Letter writing . Letter writing -- History . See Also: Authorship . Legal correspondence . Letters . Authors: Garfield, Simon .