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Dear Helen : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal / edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--England--London.
- Pen pals--England--London--Correspondence.
- Pen pals.
- Young women--England--London--Correspondence.
- Young women.
- Working class--England--London--Correspondence.
- Working class.
- Pen pals--Missouri--Kansas City--Correspondence.
- London (England)--Biography.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969--Correspondence.
- Swallow, Betty M.
- Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979--Correspondence.
- Bradley, Helen.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 247 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In letters written between 1937 and 1950 to her American pen pal, a working-class Londoner offers accounts of the Blitz and of wartime deprivations and postwar austerity, interweaving descriptions of terror with talk about theater, clothes, and family outings, providing a unique view of daily life during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The beginning
- The "phony war"
- "France has surrendered and we are all on our ownsomes"
- February 1941-early 1942
- July 1942-February 1945
- August 1945-1947
- May 10, 1949-December 1950
- Helen Bradley to Betty Swallow, August 18, 1969.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes biibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-7180-4
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