WHITE, E.B. (ELWYN BROOKS). 1899-1985. Autograph Letter Signed, ("E.B. White"), to "Members of Class 5-2," 2 pp, 4to, North Brookline, ME, May 20, 1959, with a hand-drawn image of a spider in its web near the top of p 2. Laid down, browning, fold creases. Matted and framed.
AN E.B. WHITE LETTER DESCRIBING HIS CONCEPTION OF CHARLOTTE'S WEB, WITH A DRAWING OF CHARLOTTE. White responds to a group of students who have written him individual letters. Responding to their questions about how he came up with the idea for Charlotte's Web, he writes: "Years ago I bought a home in the country, here in Maine. There was a big barn on the place — attached to the house through a woodshed. I have always been fond of animals, and soon my barn was full of them. I used to buy a spring pig every year and raise it. And I kept sheep and geese and hens. One day I noticed a large grey spider — she was constructing a web in the doorway of the barn cellar.... Then I gave her the name Charlotte and began writing a story about her. I wanted to put into words my love for animals and for the barn and for the world."
WHITE, E.B. (ELWYN BROOKS). 1899-1985. Autograph Letter Signed, ("E.B. White"), to "Members of Class 5-2," 2 pp, 4to, North Brookline, ME, May 20, 1959, with a hand-drawn image of a spider in its web near the top of p 2. Laid down, browning, fold creases. Matted and framed.
AN E.B. WHITE LETTER DESCRIBING HIS CONCEPTION OF CHARLOTTE'S WEB, WITH A DRAWING OF CHARLOTTE. White responds to a group of students who have written him individual letters. Responding to their questions about how he came up with the idea for Charlotte's Web, he writes: "Years ago I bought a home in the country, here in Maine. There was a big barn on the place — attached to the house through a woodshed. I have always been fond of animals, and soon my barn was full of them. I used to buy a spring pig every year and raise it. And I kept sheep and geese and hens. One day I noticed a large grey spider — she was constructing a web in the doorway of the barn cellar.... Then I gave her the name Charlotte and began writing a story about her. I wanted to put into words my love for animals and for the barn and for the world."
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