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  1. How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamous
    How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamous
  2. The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom and Surprising Life of James Thurber
    The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom and Surprising Life of James Thurber
  3. Living in Hope and History: Notes on Our Century
    Living in Hope and History: Notes on Our Century
  4. Toolbox
    Toolbox
  5. Living in Hope and History
    Living in Hope and History
  6. The Speak of the Mearns: Stories and Essays
    The Speak of the Mearns: Stories and Essays
  7. House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West
    House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West
  8. 800 Years of Women's Letters (Biography, Letters & Diaries)
    800 Years of Women's Letters (Biography, Letters & Diaries)
  9. Benedict's Pool
    Benedict's Pool
  10. Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times
    Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times
  11. Arab American Reference Library: Voices
    Arab American Reference Library: Voices
  12. Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs
    Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs
  13. Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (Postmodern Culture)
    Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (Postmodern Culture)
  14. Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (Postmodern Culture)
    Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (Postmodern Culture)
  15. The Collected Short Works, 1920-54
    The Collected Short Works, 1920-54
  16. Essays
    Essays
  17. No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writing and Writers
    No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writing and Writers
  18. A Tour on the Prairies (The Western Frontier Library)
    A Tour on the Prairies (The Western Frontier Library)
  19. The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam
    The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam
  20. The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi (Library of Southern Civilization)
    The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi (Library of Southern Civilization)
  21. Southern Mothers: Fact and Fictions in Southern Women's Writing (Southern Literary Studies)
    Southern Mothers: Fact and Fictions in Southern Women's Writing (Southern Literary Studies)
  22. Southern Mothers: Fact and Fictions in Southern Women's Writing (Southern Literary Studies)
    Southern Mothers: Fact and Fictions in Southern Women's Writing (Southern Literary Studies)
  23. Beyond Love and Loyalty: Letters
    Beyond Love and Loyalty: Letters
  24. Joyce, Bakhtin, and Popular Literature: Chronicles of Disorder
    Joyce, Bakhtin, and Popular Literature: Chronicles of Disorder
  25. Writing the American Classics
    Writing the American Classics
How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamous
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An inspiration; can make even cover letters fun to write.
 How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamous
Rosalie Maggio
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0735201323

Book Description

In her bestseller, How to Say It (over 1 million copies sold), Rosalie Maggio took readers through the rudiments of effective letterwriting. Now the acclaimed author lets 500 remarkable missives speak for themselves. Pithy, charming, and humorous letters penned by historical, political, and literary figures illustrate that the ultimate hallmarks of any good letter are clarity, sincerity, and personality. Arranged in 29 categories, letters cover every situation, including thanks, apologies, congratulations, complaints, invitations, love letters, get-well wishes, refusals, employment issues, and money problems. Readers will revel in Napoleon's letter of complaint about the ugly porcelain dinner service he ordered as a gift for his wife; Lillian Carter's homesick letter from the Peace Corps ("I have had four days of complete inertia caused by homesickness and no mail ... nobody loves me, I am forgotten, I hate Mabel's guts, they push me too hard here, no clothes, no food, no nothing, I wish I were dead!"); P.T. Barnum's inquiry about obtaining a mummy for his circus; Paul Laurence Dunbar's love letter to his future wife; Groucho Marx's light-hearted get-well note to T.S. Eliot; Jenny Lind's sympathetic letter to Clara Schumann after her jewels were stolen; and E.B. White's classically concise letter of refusal: "Thanks for your letter inviting me to join the committee of the Arts and Sciences for Eisenhower. I must decline, for secret reasons." HOW THEY SAID IT provides hours of reading pleasure--as well as the best "model letters"--a bountiful assemblage of some of the most entertaining and memorable letters ever written.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An inspiration; can make even cover letters fun to write........2000-04-26

It's hard to believe how USEFUL this book is because it is so entertaining, too! I started reading it in the store and was laughing so hard at the witty things people have written that I had to buy it. What's amazing, though, is how often I've used it since then. I figured I would just read the book once, have a good laugh, and then put it on my shelf. But you would not believe how many times I've had it back in my hand -- every time I have to write a thank-you note or a cover letter or a letter of condolence, or some other really joyless piece of writing. What I find makes this one better than other books on letter writing is that it is inspiring -- it doesn't give lists of words or phrases to use (which always sound fake coming from me), but inspires me to say what I mean. Sometimes that means being terse, sometimes it means being flowery, and sometimes, it simply means being honest. The people in this book were undeniably great writers, and the fact that they broke the mold inspires me to try, too. Clearly, my letters haven't gotten to the level of Alcott's or Dickens' yet, but at least they're a lot more fun to write. I highly recommend the book -- it's a fun read and an invaluable tool.
How THEY Said It: Wise and Witty Letters From the Famous and Infamous
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    		How THEY Said It: Wise and Witty Letters From the Famous and Infamous
    Rosalie Maggio
    Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000CDR65M

    Product Description

    500 missives penned by historical,political,and literary figures.
    How THEY Said It: Wise and Witty Letters From the Famous and Infamous
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		How THEY Said It: Wise and Witty Letters From the Famous and Infamous
      Rosalie Maggio
      Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000CDR620

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