Thomas Wolfe, Hotel Chelsea, New York, to Barnet B. Ruder, New York, 1938

Extent:
2 p.
Scope and content:

[Reminisces about their "night club orgy" in Harlem; longs to go back with him to do the rhumba at La Conga; says he is hard at work with the book and will "deliver a talk" at Purdue; feels he is not doing well on such occasions, but that $300 will motivate him to do his best; says he is delivering carloads of manuscripts for storage at Harper'suntil his return from the West; plans to see Colorado, Wyoming, or Yellowstone; talks about some business he has with Ruder regarding Modern First Editions.]

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