Steve wrote:
...a letter written by Norman Maclean in 1981, to Charles Elliott of
Alfred A. Knopf, which had rejected the first book, but was then
courting Maclean for his second manuscript, 'Young Men and Fire'.

http://asshookedwhitey.blogspot.com/....html#comments

Absolutely lovely. Although he's right...it was a bit day-late,
dollar-short.

--riverman