Guide to the Richard Ford Galley Proofs for The Ultimate Good Luck MS.L.017

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Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2000
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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 .

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Preferred Citation

Richard Ford, The Ultimate Good Luck galley proofs. MS-L017. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Acquisition Information

Purchased in 2000.

Processing History

Processed by William Landis in 2000.

Biography

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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American fiction -- 20th century -- Sources

box 1, folder 1

Unbound galley proofs, 1981