Box 55

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Forwarding pages with “dicey transition points” in scenes depicting Billy’s hunt for the wolf. In folder labeled “The Crossing.”

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Providing medical commentary on pages depicting Boyd’s surgery in Mexico: “From a literary standpoint, there is no doubt that the scene well depicts the adversity Boyd faces in the character of the Mexican physician who intervenes. However, from a purely medical view, it doesn’t tie together….” Includes 4 photocopy pages of typescript draft for review.

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Commenting on pages depicting Boyd’s surgery in Mexico. Provides suggestions for making it more believable.

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Note written on an overdue notice from The University of Texas-El Paso’s library asking McCarthy to return books Maria King had checked out and loaned to him.

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Suggesting a few minor modifications to medical description that “could be eliminated without losing the structural integrity of the scene.”

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Pages 382-388B of Boyd’s surgery scene with note from King on first page and notes and suggestions by him throughout.

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Providing a follow-up on the period appropriateness for some of the medical instruments.

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Suggesting a few minor modifications to medical description that “could be eliminated without losing the structural integrity of the scene.”

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.

Pagination [4 no #]; 1-48; 51-52; 48-55; 58; 56-57; 59-61; 58-70; 74; 71-85; 113; 113; 86-97; 133; 98-100; 136; 136; 101-107; 109; 110; 110a; 111-118; 157; 119-124a; 124-131; 131; 131-144; 144a; 145; 145a; 146-150; 150a; 188-189; 151;190; 152; [no #]; 193; 153; [no #]; 154-157; 198-200a; 202; 158-160; 203; 161-163; 207-208; 164; 208; 208; 182-185; 187; 189-199; 194; 200-201; 197; 202; 198; 203-208; 204; 209; 211; [no #]; 188; 205; 209; 204; 204; [no #]; 205; 186; [no #]; 205; 205; [no #]; 165; 210;...

Series Description From the Series:

Correspondence, notes, drafts, fragments, proofs, and production material relating to McCarthy's 1994 novel, The Crossing.