description: After his biography was published (in 1984), E. B. White offered this insider's "I wish you the joy of the book and am only sorry my life wasn't crowded with exciting, bawdy, violent events. I know how hard it is to write about a fellow who spends most of his time crouched over a typewriter. That was my fate, too."
language: English
title: Letters and Essays of E.B. White
titlecomplete: Letters and Essays of E.B. White
genres: Essays, Biography, Literature, Classics, Nonfiction, Writing, History, Memoir, Books About Books, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 892
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Biography and Autobiography
publisher: HarperCollins