Creator
E.B. White
Title
Letter to Oliver Jensen
Date
1970
Subject
TLS.
Description
In October 1969, the editors of American Heritage sent E.B. White a copy, hoping for an endorsement. He politely declined, but his letter ended cryptically: “I must return to the kitchen now and continue with my preparation of vichyssoise. Yrs, EB White.” Only after some bemused head-scratching did the editors realize that, in their entry for vichyssoise, they had transposed the ss and the single s. The misspelling was corrected, naturally, in their second printing.
Source
Ex coll. Karolyne & Bryan A. Garner. HHD no. 104