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Dear Helen : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal
- Title
- Dear Helen : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal / edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.
- Author
- Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | D811.5 .S924 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 247 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969 > Correspondence
- Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979 > Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, English
- World War, 1939-1945 > London
- Pen pals > London > Correspondence
- Young women > London > Correspondence
- Working class > London > Correspondence
- Pen pals > Kansas City > Correspondence
- London (England) > Biography
- London (England) > Social life and customs > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes biibliographical references.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780826218506 (alk. paper)
- 0826218504 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008051321
- OCLC
- ocn277086179
- SCSB-1511252
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library