Dear Sir Drop Dead Hate Mail Through The Ages

By Donald Carroll

Book Overview

A captivating collection of the world's great hate mail. here are the all-time classics of poison-penmanship - over 150 of the wittiest. wildest. and just plain meanest letters ever mailed. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566192897
• ISBN13: 9781566192897
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Barnes Noble Books
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Some of these were absolutely hysterical!!

Hate Mail Through the Ages is comprised of a collection of mail sent to literary agents, TV personalities, public utility companies, chain stores, etc. The editor put a call out for amusing, interesting hate mail received through the years. Somehow, he has collected historic hate mail most likely from print elsewhere. The editor writes in his introductory chapter how this compilation came together. In the 70s, an atheist Madelyn Murray O'Hair received numerous insulting and degrading mail. Literary agents receive mail that ran a theme of frustration over manuscripts, while TV executives normally receive mail about on-personalities and TV programming. But, without a doubt, the funniest mail comes from the average person, who doesn't know how to write, edit and they cannot express their frustration clearly. People without some writing experience have a tendency to write "just as they talk". And if it isn't the unclear and convoluted message they convey, it is simply what they have to say that reveals their frustration. Some letters were hysterical! To me, these letters were the best part of the book! This book was printed in 1979 and since we are in the age of email, it would be quite enjoyable to dig into someone's hate EMAIL, I'm sure there is plenty around!.....MzRizz