The letters reprinted in chronologic order with minimal annotations were selected and edited by Matie Molinari, Corinne McLuhan and William Toye. They provide a background to McLuhans's life and intellectual growth and reveal his staggering knowledge of the literature of the great writers and thinkers who inspired him to achieve his penetrating insights into the age of electronic communication and become its most renowned interpreter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.