Across the Spectrum:The Interdisciplinary Life and Letters of John G. Neihardt (‘Flaming Rainbow’)

I've just heard from Mr. Szasz, the Hungarian artist, who is a close friend of Mr. Webster Shott, the critic, who is a top man in the Hallmark Company. Szasz said that Shott had reviewed portions of your biography for Life magazine. He didn't say what conclusions Shott reached. Do you know yet? Hallmark is considering publishing some of my stuff and I understand that Shott is a real fan of mine. I do hope he thought of some way to utilize portions of your biography.

I want to emphasize what I said in my hand-written letter that it's extremely important for me to check your manuscript for factual errors. It is so easy to make such mistakes and there is no reason why we should let them happen. This is not a matter of my interfering with your expression of opinion as a biographer; it is simply a matter of factual accuracy. Thr ere are large sections of your work in which such errors do not occur. I told you that I would be confined to the house during May, and I want to say again that I would be glad to hear the manuscript read at that time.

Did I send you a copy of my dog story? If I didn't, here is one enclosed, and if I did, it's enclosed anyway. In either case, you won't miss my dog story. It gives me a deep tickle in my chest to think about that doggie.

I am wondering how you have handled THE DIVINE ENCHANTMENT. Since Walt Black was here my respect for that little book has grown greatly. There's a lot of stuff in it as I think you suggested sometime back. It certainly can't be handled as merely the work of a boy of 16. You have said very little about THE DIVINE ENCHANTMENT and I am eager to know how you have handled it.