Pulitzer Prize–winning American writer (1896–1953) best known for her classics The Yearling and Cross Creek. TLS signed “Marjorie K. R.,” one page, 6 x 6.75, personal letterhead, August 13, 1945. Letter to Dr. Shaw. In part: “I too regret not having met you, for I am devoted to Virginia and to Dr. Albert Shaw. I wonder if anyone has noticed that a new billboard of Pepsi-Cola, I think it is, has a beautiful woman on it who must be Virginia. It seems to me she must surely have posed for it.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
