Conan wrote to EB White...

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Kevin M.

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Dec 5, 2019, 6:31:24 PM12/5/19
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... back in high school. He mentioned it during his show the other night, and Cornell (whose library holds White’s collection of writings) tracked down the letter and White’s reply. Kind of cool.

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David Bruggeman

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Dec 5, 2019, 8:16:26 PM12/5/19
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Not sure which I should be more impressed with - 17-year old Coco's penmanship or his letter writing ability.

Regrettably, I was only assigned White's Elements of Style (an updating of Strunk), and should take a look at the Letters and Essays.

I'd guess Conan might mention this in an upcoming edition of the podcast, but I don't know how far in advance they tape those things.

David

Steve Timko

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Dec 5, 2019, 10:10:35 PM12/5/19
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On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 5:16 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Not sure which I should be more impressed with - 17-year old Coco's penmanship or his letter writing ability.

He is Harvard material. 
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