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The Letters of Martha Gellhorn

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Shaun Usher
Nov 08, 2022
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American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (1908 - 1998), USA, May 1946. Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

On this day in 1908, in St. Louis, Missouri, celebrated war correspondent Martha Gellhorn was born1, which can mean only one thing: a Martha Gellhorn Megamix. Gellhorn was a magnificent letter writer, and should you need more whe…

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