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TCG Letter #910


From
Sam Gamgee
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
13 March 1956
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Sam Gamgee writes to Tolkien about his family hearing the BBC Radio production of the Lord of the Rings (lost) and being surprised about the use of Gamgee.
Notes
Tolkien replied in Carpenter #184: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Sam Gamgee • 18 March 1956 (#533)

The letter image was published in Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (see reference).
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, p. 94-5 for details and a reproduction of the letter.


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