Concord Public Library Book of the week

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Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience

Shaun Usher

2014, 352 pages

Nonfiction

Following in the success of his popular website Letters of Note, which celebrates the somewhat forgotten art of letter-writing, Shaun Usher has compiled more than 100 of the world’s most unique, disturbing, humorous and engaging letters in this stunningly illustrated edition. 

Supplemented with photographs, artwork and copies of the original letters whenever possible, this gorgeous anthology will be treasured by readers and writers alike. Included are all kinds of correspondence, ranging from cover letters to postcards; grief-filled suicide notes to urgent telegrams. 

Authors include Ronald Reagan, John Steinbeck, Henry James, Kurt Vonnegut, Eudora Welty and Queen Elizabeth II, alongside many anonymous men, women and children. A beautifully-designed book that would feel at home on any book-lover’s coffee table.