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The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged Years, Part 1

(1945-1946)

This chapter contains eleven new letters: 181, 183, 193, 207, 230, 231, 239, 240, 244, 253, and 282.

To T. A. Robertson, of King Features Syndicate [Letter 163]
To Pincus Berner [Letter 164]
To D. L. Chambers [Letter 165]
To O. W. Kracht, a fan [Letter 166]
To Ruth Alexander [Letter 167]
To Hal Wallis [Letter 168]
To Alan Collins [Letter 169]
To PFC Gerald James, a fan [Letter 170]
To Alan Collins [Letter 171]
To Gerald Loeb [Letter 172]
To Fred Dickenson [Letter 173]
To Ross Baker, sales manager of Bobbs-Merrill’s trade book department [Letter 174]
To Fred Dickenson [Letter 175]
To Michael O’Shaughnessy, a fan [Letter 176]
To W. M. Curtiss, a fan [Letter 177]
To Gerald Loeb [Letter 178]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 179]
To Archibald Ogden [Letter 180]
To Leonard Read [Letter 181]
To Ross Baker [Letter 182]
To Vera Glarner (née Guzarchik) [Letter 183]
To Mimi Sutton [Letter 184]
To Ross Baker [Letter 185]
To Henry Blanke [Letter 186]
To Ross Baker [Letter 187]
To Barbara Brandt, editor of Popular Publications. Inc. [Letter 188]
To John L. B. Williams [Letter 189]
To Leonard Read [Letter 190]
To Esther Stone [Letter 191]
To Mimi Sutton [Letter 192]
To Alan Collins [Letter 193]
To Agnes Papurt [Letter 194]
To Leonard Read [Letter 195]
To Polly Goodwin, of the Chicago Tribune Sunday book section [Letter 196]
To Hal Wallis [Letter 197]
To Anna Rothe of Current Biography [Letter 198]
To Mary Shannon, actress and longtime friend [Letter 199]
To Mimi Sutton [Letter 200]
To Lorine Pruette [Letter 201]
To Fred Dickenson [Letter 202]
To Gerald Loeb [Letter 203]
To Franklin Brewer [Letter 204]
To Archibald Ogden [Letter 205]
To Vladimir Konheim, AR’s cousin [Letter 206]
To Ann Watkins [Letter 207]
To Anna Rothe [Letter 208]
To Ethel Zeugner, a fan [Letter 209]
To Leonard Read [Letter 210]
To Mimi Sutton [Letter 211]
To Leonard Read [Letter 212]
To Waldo Coleman, a fan [Letter 213]
To Betty Andree, a fan [Letter 214]
To Winfield L. Holden, a fan [Letter 215]
To Airman First Class Victor Hugo, a fan [Letter 216]
To Allee Chatham, a fan [Letter 217]
To Cadet Thomas Gee, a fan [Letter 218]
To Daniel Goodman, editor of Analysis [Letter 219]
To Mrs. Robert Reid, a fan [Letter 220]
To Armitage Watkins [Letter 221]
To John C. Gall [Letter 222]
To Waldo Coleman [Letter 223]
To Alan Collins [Letter 224]
To John William Rogers, book editor of the Chicago Sun book section [Letter 225]
To James C. Ingebretsen [Letter 226]
To Ellis G. Bishop, advertising manager of Royal Typewriter Co. [Letter 227]
To Ruth E. Meilandt [Letter 228]
To Ruth (Mrs. J. F.) Austin, a fan [Letter 229]
To Ruth E. Meilandt [Letter 230]
To Leonard Read [Letter 231]
To Alan Collins [Letter 232]
To Ev Suffens [Letter 233]
To John William Rogers [Letter 234]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 235]
To Ruth Austin [Letter 236]
To Burt MacBride, senior editor at Reader’s Digest [Letter 237]
To Leonard Read [Letter 238]
To Ruth E. Meilandt [Letter 239]
To Alan Collins [Letter 240]
To Vladimir Konheim [Letter 241]
To Marie Strakhow [Letter 242]
To Ruth Austin [Letter 243]
To Alan Collins [Letter 244]
To John L. B. Williams [Letter 245]
To John T. Flynn [Letter 246]
To Albert Mannheimer [Letter 247]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 248]
To the “Patter” editor, Reader’s Digest [Letter 249]
To Leonard Read [Letter 250]
To Barbara Stanwyck, actress and friend [Letter 251]
To Robert S. Henry [Letter 252]
To Ev Suffens [Letter 253]
To Burt MacBride [Letter 254]
To George Peck, a conservative columnist [Letter 255]
To Lorine Pruette [Letter 256]
To Jay Chidsey, a fan [Letter 257]
To Henry Blanke [Letter 258]
To Hal Wallis [Letter 259]
To Cecil B. DeMille [Letter 260]
To Walt Disney [Letter 261]
To Barbara Stanwyck [Letter 262]
To Leonard Read [Letter 263]
To Henry Blanke [Letter 264]
To Leonard Read [Letter 265]
To William Mullendore [Letter 266]
To Alan Collins [Letter 267]
To Ben Stolberg [Letter 268]
To Lorine Pruette [Letter 269]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 270]
To Albert Mannheimer [Letter 271]
To Richard Neutra [Letter 272]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 273]
To Lorine Pruette [Letter 274]
To Kelsey Guilfoil of the Chicago Tribune’s Magazine of Books [Letter 275]
To Lee Lyles [Letter 276]
To Leonebel Jacobs [Letter 277]
To Robert Bremer, a fan [Letter 278]
To Robert Bremer [Letter 279]
To Jerome Mayer [Letter 280]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 281]
To John C. Gall [Letter 282]
To Richard de Mille, movie producer and son of Cecil B. DeMille [Letter 283]
To Retah Wodlinger, a fan [Letter 284]
To James Schuler, a fan [Letter 285]
To Mimi Sutton [Letter 286]
To Rose Wilder Lane [Letter 287]

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