1. The Lost Art of Letter Writing

2. For hundreds of years, or at least since
pens and paper became commonplace,
people who wanted to get in touch with
other people separated by distance had
only one way to do it: they wrote letters,
the only means of long-distance
communication, at least until the invention
of the telegraph in the 19th century.

3. Why the study of letters is important
 They are primary source materials
 They give us a look at the life and personality
of the writer and the reader.
 Letters are the basis of English language
communications.

4. Types of letters we will look like
 Governmental letters
 War letters
 Love letters
 Narrative letters
 Humorous letters

5. The American Revolution

6. Thomas Paine: Collected Writings

7. George Washington Writings

8. My Dearest Friend:
Letters of Abigail and John Adams

9. The Debate On the Constitution

10. James Madison Writings

11. Americans in Paris

12. Letters of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition

13. Dear Brother: Letters of William
Clark to Jonathan Clark

14. The Civil War: The First Year Told
by Those Who Lived It

15. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters

16. Letters of a Woman Homesteader

17. Nathaniel West

18. John Dos Pasos

19. World War II Radio Heroes: Letters
of Compassion

20. Searching for Anne Frank

21. Signs of Life: the Correspondence of
German POWS at Camp Algona,
Iowa 1940-1946

22. Only the Least of Me is Hostage

23. Since You Went Away

24. The Greatest Generation Speaks

25. Three collections from Andrew Carroll

26. As Always, Julia

27. Ronald Reagan: In Love and at Work

28. Dear Mr. President

29. Funny Letters from Famous People

30. Letters to a Young Iowan

31. Hope you have a great week,
Dan