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Margaret Shepherd, the widely read author of The Art of the Handwritten Note, as well as over a dozen books about calligraphy, guides your quest for civilized life with The Art of the Personal Letter. Whatever you're thinking or feeling, you can learn when to write it, ...more

"The authors of the etiquette book "The Art of Civilized Conversation" say that conversation's versatility makes it 'the Swiss Army knife of social skills'...This little guide underscores how selfish and inadequate certain ways of speaking have become...In a world where loose talk is a growing blight - on radio, television and the Internet even more so than in face-to-face encounters - a book like "The Art of Civilized Conversation" does speak to a real need."

"DEAR READER, Please forgive me for writing in this unconventional way; it is not, I know, how one expects to be addressed in a newspaper. But it seems the proper mode for telling you about Margaret Shepherd and her perhaps quixotic quest to return the handwritten letter to its place of honor and propriety in social and personal life...."

From America's premier calligrapher comes an elegant, handlettered instruction guide for mastering five different calligraphic alphabets while learning about the fascinating evolution of this art form.

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