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CAIN, James M. Original typescript of an essay titled "U. S. A.: Round Trip".
8 ½" x 11", 15 pages typed on recto only, with corrections throughout in Cain's hand. Evidence of paperclip, otherwise in fine condition. We have found no evidence of publication.
Observations on Americana while on the road; Cain moves quickly between themes such as the best and worst oysters in the country, the Corinthian architecture of the South, and traffic control (the worst being in Baltimore, the best, L.A.). “Having to drive, for business reasons, I had rather dreaded it, assuming, as the literary novels assured me, that we had become wholly standardized, and that all I could look forward to was monotony unspeakable. This turned out to be wholly false. You will find here endless variety, practically every state having its own customs, its own speech, its own food, its own point of view. I unreservedly commend the whole incredible country to your serious attention. Whatever else may be said of it, there's nothing on earth even remotely like it.” A charming, if unfocused, meditation on the regional details and curiosities encountered when driving across America, by one of the country's foremost crime writers. Accompanied by an original letter on American Mercury letterhead dated April 1939, from the editor Eugene Lyons, rejecting this piece for the magazine. Lyons informs Cain that he would love to publish him, but not this piece; he asks Cain to excerpt a short anecdote from the piece and "polish it a bit as an independent short sketch." He then solicits other contributions from Cain, especially short stories. Signed in full by Lyons.
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