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Windom, William, 1923-? to Atlee Kohl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.292 Author/Creator: Windom, William, 1923-? Place Written: Van Nuys, California Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 17 October 1988 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Windom quotes Alfred Lord Tennyson: " 'What is it all but a trouble of ants in the gleam of a million million suns?' Sums it up neatly for me"

Windom, William, 1923-

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