207. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Typed Letter Signed "Frank" to Lewis Mumford requesting a book and a visit. Oblong 4to, written on single side of Taliesin West stationary, with holograph corrections and postscript; light wear, creased at folds, Mumford's receipt docket at head.

[Scottsdale, Arizona], March 21st, 1953 [300/500]

To Lewis - (the Mumford) . . . Better than ever!Your Skyline - U.N. Assembly - conclusion (last line) is prophetic criticism for which you will be remembered. The courageous conviction I admired in you from the first.Vive the New Yorker! What other magazine would have dared. But the court-jester always spoke what other courtiers never dared utter.Affection, Emerson would put his hand on your shoulder and say 'my son'"