correspondence

Collection of letters to the slain civil rights leader by children age seven to thirteen.

Chronicles thirty years of written correspondence between a student--the author--and his high school calculus teacher--Don Joffray--in which they discusses their shared interest in calculus.

Documents the conversion of Jewish suburbanite Margaret Marcus to Maryam Jameelah, drawing on personal correspondence and the author's investigation into Maryam's adoptive father to resolve questions about the legitimacy and significance of her decision.

Chronicles the life of Galileo Galilei and his relationship with his eldest child Virginia, examining how she helped influence her father's work. Based on a series of surviving letters between father and daughter.

A collection of travel writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder including her family's trip from South Dakota to Missouri, her solo trip to San Francisco to visit her daughter, and her and Almanzo's trip from Missouri to South Dakota. Features historical photographs of their travels.

Presents the complete, annotated Civil War journal of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the colonel of the first black regiment in the conflict; and includes a selection of his letters.

The diary and letters of a nurse Hemingway once planned to marry.