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It was good to hear from you and to know that you are settled for the winter and had no trouble on the trip out. Nearly a week ago I wrote you at the old Highland address, and I suppose the letter has reached you by now.
That's interesting about Mr. Todd of the U. of Colorado and his speech at Brigham Young U. on the epic theories of Frank Norris and John N. I don't know who Todd is.
The Epic of the Wheat, The Pit, Blix etc.? Norris was a genius and died too young He did not complete his
Wheat trilogy of novels. His use of the word "epic" is in no way related to the ancient conception of the epic, and it would require a deal of nice argument to draw any very pertinent comparison of our two conceptions. Still, a clever Mr. Todd might
The television business is undoubtedly successful. I hear much directly and indirectly. The other day Dr. Sneider of Extension (in charge of my affair) came to me where I was sunning myself in front of Jesse Hall. He took my hand, shook it slowly & regarded me with a glowing look. "You - are - certainly making - a lot
Dear Lady, it is good to remember the talks we had last summer. Surely there will be more!
When you are ready with questions, I will set aside a day for tape-recording answers, which no doubt, will develop into monologues occasionally!
I have just heard again from my cousin, Mary Balsbach (now Mrs Weymouth) in Los Angeles. She & I