The Selected Letters of Willa Cather by Willa Cather

Author:Willa Cather [Cather, Willa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-95931-7
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2013-04-16T04:00:00+00:00

The article about David Hochstein, the violinist who inspired Cather’s character David Gerhardt in One of Ours, was entitled “Fiction Recalls Violinist Lost in War: An Interview with Willa Cather.” It appeared in the New York Herald on December 24, 1922, and was reprinted in Red Cloud’s Commercial Advertiser on September 3, 1923.

TO ACHSAH BARLOW BREWSTER

November 29 [1923]

Dearest Achsah:

I had a dream-like crossing over a blue sea. There were many nice people on board, the very nicest was Frank Swimmerton, the English novelist, who was my table companion and of whose really charming personality I never tired. He’s so honest and kind.

Since I smoke very little at sea, Edith is getting her share of Earl’s cigarettes, and I saved all your chocolates for her because she likes french candy so much. I’ve told her lots about your exhibition, but I find it impossible to make her understand about your Ceylon pictures, or to tell her what Earl did to the Sailors. Dorothy Canfield dashed in to the boat train to see us off, and I was delighted to see how deeply stirred she had been by that exhibit. She thought your triptych the most beautiful and uplifting of them all.

My love to you both—happy working days to you, and peace of soul.

Lovingly

Willa

A big hug to [daughter] Harwood [Brewster], please, from me.

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