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John Howard Griffin to Nell Dorr. July 13, 1970.

Nell Dorr Papers

Object Details

  • Date

    July 13, 1970

  • Genre/Form

    Letters, Clippings

  • Accession Number

    A2008.045.01.01.01.029.007

  • Description

    Typed letter signed. Sheet contains a newspaper article about Griffin being struck by lightning. Says he only tells her about this [his being struck by lightning] because he doesn’t want her to hear an exaggerated account of it somewhere else. Says he’s fine, his memory is mostly back, he has no brain damage, and his abdominal muscles need to be built back up, but that he is “the luckiest man alive.”

  • Credit Line

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Preferred Citation

    Nell Dorr Papers, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Archives, Fort Worth, Texas.

Additional details

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