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FPK to D. S. Cook, Jr., July 22, 1949

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Forth Street & Avenue K
Crowley, Louisiana
July 22, 1949

Mr. D.S. Cook, Jr.
2500 S. Grand
Monroe, Louisiana

Dear Sir:
I have been greatly attracted by the reproduction of your photograph, “Pirate’s Alley,” which appeared in the June 26th…

Draft of first pages of unpublished manuscript "The Great River"

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"THE GREAT RIVER"
I - THE MIDAS TOUCH

Near the northeast boundary of Louisiana, the Mississippi winds on its way to the Gulf in a series of great, tortuous loops. But its swift current, constantly seeking a more direct route, occasionally cuts…

Draft backflap of book jacket for "All This is Louisiana" (published 1950)

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In the most literal sense, Mrs. Keyes is “a woman of the world.” She is a Virginian by birth, a New Englander by ancestry and marriage and a Washingtonian by force of political circumstances. She received her formal education in Boston, Geneva and…

FPK to D. S. Cook, Jr., October 25, 1949

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“Oxbow”
Newbury, Vermont
October 25, 1949

Mr. D.S. Cook, Jr.
2020 Stuart
Monroe Louisiana

My dear Mr. Cook:
I am so sorry to seem so very slow in sending you the promised check for you beautiful picture of the Pirates Alley. Harper and…

Dr. Edmond Souchon to FPK, June 25, 1949

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June 25, 1949
Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes,
1113 Chartres Street,
New Orleans, 16, Louisiana.

My dear Mrs. Keyes:
It is with much pride and pleasure that I am forwarding to you the photographs which you indicated might be of interest to you.…