Kent, Rockwell:

$5,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[ARCHIVE OF SEVENTEEN TYPED LETTERS, SIGNED (THIRTEEN SIGNED "ROCKWELL," ONE SIGNED IN TYPE, AND THREE SIGNED ON HIS BEHALF BY HIS WIFE SALLY KENT), TO GEORGIA AND CHARLES WAYLAND ... A wide-ranging correspondence with a history professor, revealing Kent's outspoken political views with topics ranging from the planned St. Lawrence Seaway and the economic impact it would have on the upper Midwest (December 19, 1944); a lengthy discussion of the refugee problem in Palestine and parallels to the biblical conquest of Canaan (June 12, 1946, continued on August 4, 1946); the term Marxism: "Maybe because I accept Marx - and Lenin and subsequent thinkers - as true apostles of the truth I am somewhat out of patience with the thought that proclaims itself as 'Marxist.' We don't talk of 'Darwinism' today. We talk of evolution." advocating for Henry Wallace who "offers us the great release of our pent up exasperations [sic]. I feel that Wallace may be accepted by millions as the symbol and the expression of the revolt that has been germination in every breast." (January 13, 1948); political complacency in the U.S. (January 27, 1949). The letters from Kent's wife Sally and his daughter Kathleen are also illuminating in their content. In an undated letter from Philadelphia, Kathleen reports glowingly on a recent visit from "Peter and Toshi Seeger...we had a day of fine singing and getting reacquainted. you can bet it was a grand reunion. Pete's banjo rings like the bells of heaven. He is t

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