A carefully assembled collection of "correspondence deserving of a wider audience," this book is in turns delightful, thoughtful, striking, funny, and all around interesting. Some are letters to or from very famous people; others are letters by everyday people about historic or remarkable events. All are worth your attention.

I got this book as a holiday gift and I rationed the letters out over a year, enjoying a few at a time. It was a marvelous way to spend a year.