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Eugene Manlove Rhodes Collection, Accession 6316-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Deposit [ 1963 Dec 17 ] 1966 Apr 4
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[Writes at the behest of Harry Herbert Knibbs regarding short stories written by Eugene Manlove Rhodes , her late husband; lists several that had been published in McClure's Magazine : " His Father's Flag , " " Beyond the Desert , " " The Long Shift , " " Ragged Twenty-Eighth , " " Sealed Orders , " " Line of Least Resistance "; in Red Book : " The Miracle , " " The God from the Machine , " " The Bird in the Bush , " " The Brave Adventure , " " The Enchanted Valley "; in Pacific Monthly : " Lex Talionis " and " Bell the Cat "; in Everybody's : " The Awaited Hour "; in All Story : " On Velvet , " " Neighbors , " " An Interlude , " " Wildcat Thompson , " " The Fool's Heart , " as well as many in Out West ; apologizes for being unable to provides information on dates of publication and reprints.]
[Indicates interest in those stories of Eugene Manlove Rhodes which are available for reprint; details his efforts to ascertain which ones are; states his intention to make on offer for second serial rights.]
[Discusses serial rights and syndicate rights to 5 stories appearing in Red Book : " The God from the Machine , " " The Bird in the Bush , " " The Enchanted Valley , " " The Miracle " and " The Brave Adventure . "]
[Indicates that Eugene Manlove Rhodes kept no records, but thinks " The Perfect Day " from McClure's was the only story syndicated; expresses hope that " The Brave Adventure " can be published as a book as its heroine is "our baby who died" and Rhodes wished to "preserve her little baby life"; agrees to sell the rights to 3 stories mentioned in previous letter.]
[States that the manuscript of " The Brave Adventure " is in California , and that she will obtain the typewritten copy if rights are obtained from Red Book ; mentions that the publication date of " The Bird in the Bush " was April, 1917; intends to pursue " The Brave Adventure " proposition with Brandt and Brandt ; mentions her departure the following day to Boston for eye surgery.]
[Discusses continued efforts to obtain syndicating rights to the stories held by Red Book ; encourages her to pursue effort to interest Brandt and Brandt in [" The Brave Adventure "]; cites the success of other Civil War novels: Guns Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds , Long Remember and Arouse and Beware by MacKinlay Kantor as well as Gone With the Wind . ]
[Thanks him for advice on publishing " The Brave Adventure " and for his concern about her eye surgery which was not entirely successful; mentions her efforts to get publication dates of the available stories.]
[Comments on her surgery, his search for publication dates to stories, and his hope that " The Brave Adventure " will find a publisher.]
[States that she had "rescued" " The Brave Adventure " from California and sent it to Brandt and Brandt with his comments; describes her continuing medical treatment and states that because of it she will not be able to type " The Bird in the Bush " for him as planned.]
[Wishes her well in finding a publisher for " The Brave Adventure " and continued improvement in her vision; states his opinion that " The Bird in the Bush " is not suitable for present day magazines due to its length.]
[Encloses a letter from Mr. Brandt; expresses her lack of understanding of his "viewpoint"; states her intention to submit the story to Harcourt and Brace . ]
[States his view that she would do well to send " The Brave Adventure " to Harcourt, Brace, and Company in spite of Carl Brandt 's letter which he returns.]