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Blake, James, (letters from prison to Conroy and Algren), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1946-1959

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Title Blake, James, (letters from prison to Conroy and Algren), Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n. d., 1946-1959

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n. d., 1946-1959

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Authors, American, Bohemianism, New Left, Radicalism in literature, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription -2-across these words. - "Enter anywhere, answer to anything! They can no more kill you than if you were a corpse!"Well! That seemed an excellent and provocative attitude to take. And fraught with intriguing possibilities, especially for one as cursed with timidity as I am.Accordingly, when this farmer called a few days later, looking for somebody to help bale and load hay, I volunteered, though I had to tell him I hadn't the foggiest notion of what had to be done.I soon found out that my chain gang exertions were not entirely in vain. The bales of hay were five feet long and two feet high, weighing about fifty pounds, and had to be lifted from the field where they were dropped by the baler and swung onto a slowly moving wagon. Strenuous work.But I stayed with it. The farmer, who had been dubious, congratulated me on my work. (We put up about 700 bales).So I was able to pay Jenny some money towards my keep, and had the considerable satisfaction of meeting one of these cow-struck lads on his own grounds.Apparently, I interested the farmer. (I had told him of the Florida stretch I did, for the simple amusement that shocking him afforded me.) Last night, he came up and invited me to go drinking. It may be that he merely likes my company, but that explanation is rather too simple for me, and I reject it categorically. My thought is that he wanted to get me drunk

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 3 Folder 129

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL119YBQ

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