Letters from Barcelona : an American woman in revolution and civil war / Lois Orr ; with some materials by Charles Orr ; edited by Gerd-Rainer Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orr, Lois.

Contributor:

Orr, Charles.

Horn, Gerd-Rainer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orr, Lois.

Orr, Lois--Correspondence.

Americans.

History.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Personal narratives, American.

Spain.

Barcelona (Spain)--History--20th century.

Barcelona (Spain).

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Women.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Foreign public opinion, American.

Americans--Spain--Barcelona--History--20th century.

Spain--Barcelona.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Contents:

The Catalan revolution / Gerd-Rainer Horn

Women's autobiographies : history and meaning / Gerd-Rainer Horn

The language of symbols and the barriers of language : foreigners' perceptions of social revolution (Barcelona 1936-1937) / Gerd-Rainer Horn

Letters from Barcelona (autumn) / Lois Orr

Letters from Barcelona (winter) / Lois Orr

Letters from Barcelona (spring) / Lois Orr

Reminiscences / Charles Orr. Homage to Orwell : as i knew him in Catalonia. The repentant spy

In Stalin's secret Barcelona jail. Some facts on the persecution of foreign revolutionaries in Republican Spain / Charles Orr. The May days and my arrest / Lois Orr. List of foreign detainees - Facsimile (Lois and Charles Orr). Letter fragment from Paris, January 1938 / Lois Orr

(Auto-)biographical notes / Lois Orr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230527393

0230527396

OCLC:

226357029