Guide to the Richard Ford Galley Proofs for The Ultimate Good Luck MS.L.017
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Arts and Humanities--Literature--American Literature
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Richard Ford
The ultimate good luck galley proofs
Creator:
Ford, Richard
Identifier/Call Number: MS.L.017
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1981
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 of Material:
English
.
Collection is open for research.
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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.
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Mexico -- Fiction.
American fiction -- 20th century -- Sources
box 1, folder 1
Unbound galley proofs, 1981