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Title:
The ultimate good luck : galley proofs, / Richard Ford
Date: 1981
Collection number: MS-L017
Creator:
Ford, Richard, 1944-
Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This material comprises unbound galley proofs (201 pages on 104 leaves) of Richard Ford's second novel. Each sheet but two
contains holograph corrections in Ford's hand, some grammatical, some textual, and some quite extensive. Many of these changes
were incorporated into the final text of the book.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Richard Ford,
The Ultimate Good Luck Galley Proofs. MS-L17. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Purchased in 2000.
Processed by William Landis in 2000.
Richard Ford is a writer of fiction, including the novels
The Sportswriter (1986) and
Independence Day (1995), the latter of which earned him both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1996. He was born in 1944 and
received his M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine in 1970.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This material comprises unbound galley proofs (201 pages on 104 leaves) of Richard Ford's second novel. Each sheet but two
contains holograph corrections in Ford's hand, some grammatical, some textual, and some quite extensive. Many of these changes
were incorporated into the final text of the book.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American fiction--20th Century--Archival resources.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Galley proofs (Publishing)