Lot 398
Ferber, Edna (1887-1968) American author; 1924 Pulitzer prize winner. Typed Letter Signed with initialed holograph note (New York), January 25, 1928, 1 pg., small quarto. To theater critic Bernard Sobel with wonderful Show Boat content. In part: "Here are the two letters and some pictures….This chap, Charles Hunter, is the leading man on the James Adams Floating Theatre (no longer floating, poor thing) and his wife, Beulah Adams is the leading lady, and a sister of the boat's owner. They are simply grand!….I lived on their boat for four days--ate and slept there, and floated down the rivers with them. The story of the wedding in Show Boat (the novel, I mean) is the story of the Hunters' own marriage in the little North Carolina church. The story of the miscegenation case is a true story, and was given me by Hunter--one of the many river and show boat stories he told me. If ever they come to New York I shall buy for them the two best seats in the house, if I have to put out Otto Kahn to do it." A penciled holograph note in the left margin says, "May I have the letters & the pictures when you've finished? I want to keep them. E.F."
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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