correspondence

Contains the wartime correspondences of General William T. Sherman, including more than four hundred personal and official letters written between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the end of Sherman's military career in 1865.

Draws upon diary entries and letters to chronicle the Civil War experiences of Thomas Taylor, an Ohio lawyer and junior officer in the Union Army. Covers the military and personal aspects of his life, presenting correspondence with his wife and quoting his accounts of the battles of Vicksburg and Chattanooga and Sherman's march through Georgia.

A collection of the letters written by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who was the head of the black 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War.

Selected letters discuss his books, their meanings, his interests and also reveal his view of the world.

Presents an annotated collection of the private letters of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, that reveal his personal thoughts and reflections over a fifty-year period of time.

Provides insight into the life of Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston through a collection of over five hundred letters she wrote to literary friends, authors, publishers, colleagues, and others, between 1918 and 1959, the year before her death.

Gay men and lesbians from all walks of life describe their personal experiences, travails, and triumphs.

The popular teenage television actor uses excerpts from his fan mail as a jumping-off point to discuss troublesome aspects of adolescence, including family life, dating, and drugs, with examples drawn from his own experiences on and off the set of "The Cosby Show.".