Newberry Library - Wohlgelernter, Maurice, Ben Hecht incoming correspondence, 1954-1961

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read those lines on God, and your friend, the ocean. Like Proust, I dipped the "madeline" in tea, and remembered.
As Book VI unfurls, I ask myself, "What made you turn to our people?" Was it Chicago with its con men? Was it New York with its glittering lights and babble? Was it Hollywood with its sexless mob? Jewish history, tragedy, and extermination suggest that it was your past. I look reverently, admiringly at the picture of Mr. Swernofsky, your grandfather, with his long beard, curled side-burns, silk skull-cap, and understand. You are blessed. There is a spirit in you, Mr. Ben Hecht

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Archival Collection Title Ben Hecht papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, Society of Collectors

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Call Number Midwest MS Hecht Box 64 Folder 1771

BibID 992595638805867

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