Series 2: Typescript and Proofs for short story, "Death on the East Side" (Published in Esquire, May 1971 issue)

The Herbert Gold papers span from 1969 to 1972 and contain three typescript versions of "My Last Two Thousand Years," a typescript of the short story "Death on the East Side," and four letters. The first version of the book bears the working title "Being and Becoming," the second "Witness at a Conversion," and the third is the final title. The short story was published in the May 1971 issue of Esquire . The letters are related to either the book or the story; one dated 1969 is from Saul Bellow.