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Indira Gandhi: Letters to an American Friend, 1950-1984
Indira Letters to an American Friend, 1950-1984 Dorothy Indira Letters to an American Friend, 1950-1984 Harcourt Brace FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with a price sticker on the left flap and a black publisher mark on the top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with very light edgewear to the top of the spine. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 322766 Biography & Letters We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!
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First published October 1, 1985
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Dorothy Norman
46 books1 followerDorothy Norman (née Stecker; 28 March 1905 – 12 April 1997) was an American photographer, writer, editor, arts patron and advocate for social change.
Norman never worked as a professional photographer; instead, she captured images of friends, loved ones and prominent figures in the arts and in politics. People she photographed included Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Thomas Mann (with his wife Katia, or Katy), John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Bernard Berenson, Albert Einstein, Theodore Dreiser, Elia Kazan, Lewis Mumford and Sherwood Anderson.
She also photographed special sites, trees, harbors, churches and buildings. She detailed the interior of An American Place, Stieglitz's last gallery, in photographs included in America and Alfred Stieglitz, A Collective Portrait, published in 1934. She created an extended portrait study of Stieglitz.
Norman's photographic work is noted for its clarity of vision, masterful blend of light and shading, and professional-quality printing techniques.
Norman was a productive author. She wrote a weekly column for the New York Post (1942-1949) and for ten years (1938-1948) edited and published the literary and social activist journal Twice a Year, whose contributors included Richard Wright, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Bertolt Brecht. Norman chose provocative aphorisms by contemporary and historical writers, male and female, and from various cultures, to accompany the thematic groups of photographs in sections of MoMA's world-touring exhibition The Family of Man for its curator Edward Steichen, a long-term associate of Alfred Stieglitz.
She wrote or edited numerous books, including The Selected Writings of John Marin (1949); Nehru: The First Sixty Years (1965), a two-volume collection of the Indian leader's writings; Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer (1970), the first full-length biography of the American modernist; and Indira Gandhi: Letters to an American Friend (1985). Her memoir, Encounters, was published in 1987. She also wrote the book The Spirit of India.
Norman never worked as a professional photographer; instead, she captured images of friends, loved ones and prominent figures in the arts and in politics. People she photographed included Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Thomas Mann (with his wife Katia, or Katy), John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Bernard Berenson, Albert Einstein, Theodore Dreiser, Elia Kazan, Lewis Mumford and Sherwood Anderson.
She also photographed special sites, trees, harbors, churches and buildings. She detailed the interior of An American Place, Stieglitz's last gallery, in photographs included in America and Alfred Stieglitz, A Collective Portrait, published in 1934. She created an extended portrait study of Stieglitz.
Norman's photographic work is noted for its clarity of vision, masterful blend of light and shading, and professional-quality printing techniques.
Norman was a productive author. She wrote a weekly column for the New York Post (1942-1949) and for ten years (1938-1948) edited and published the literary and social activist journal Twice a Year, whose contributors included Richard Wright, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Bertolt Brecht. Norman chose provocative aphorisms by contemporary and historical writers, male and female, and from various cultures, to accompany the thematic groups of photographs in sections of MoMA's world-touring exhibition The Family of Man for its curator Edward Steichen, a long-term associate of Alfred Stieglitz.
She wrote or edited numerous books, including The Selected Writings of John Marin (1949); Nehru: The First Sixty Years (1965), a two-volume collection of the Indian leader's writings; Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer (1970), the first full-length biography of the American modernist; and Indira Gandhi: Letters to an American Friend (1985). Her memoir, Encounters, was published in 1987. She also wrote the book The Spirit of India.
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July 31, 2025
A unique look at the intimate thoughts of Indira Gandhi through letters she wrote her friend, Dorothy. The two met in the 40s and became friends with a friendship that transcended 30+ years and countless historical events throughout. While to the world she is a political figure, these letters showed her as a human, a mother, a daughter, a friend, and more. Some letters felt intrusive to read, but for the most part they were wholesome and made me think about how much I cherish my own friends. While texts and emails and what not are great, in my opinion, nothing will replace the excitement of writing a friend, waiting for them to get the note, and then hearing their thoughts by hand. I do wish there was some more context added about what was taking place during the various time periods, but that would also have made the book more dense. I wonder how Indira would have felt knowing her personal thoughts would one day be published.
July 22, 2024
so moved. she may not be perfect, but in the grand scheme of things, her sensitivity has been buried so deep beneath the surface.
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