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July 19, 1963 Dear Mr. Conroy,
I want you to know how much I appreciate your giving me an autographed copy of your great proletarian novel, underlined: The Disinherited. It was so absorbing that I read it in three sittings - necessarily three because of the time pressure; otherwise I would have read it in one. I particularly liked the specifics you wove into your story. Some writers have the insight into steel mills of college lads on a vacation look in the pay office. I could tell of its genuine authenticity, for I spent enough quarters in steel mills to build up a minimum in social security. Also my father was a coal miner and