Dear Helen [electronic resource] : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal / edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.
Publication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.Description: xi, 247 p. : illISBN:- 9780826218506 (alk. paper)
- 0826218504 (alk. paper)
- Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969 -- Correspondence
- Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979 -- Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London
- Pen pals -- England -- London -- Correspondence
- Young women -- England -- London -- Correspondence
- Working class -- England -- London -- Correspondence
- Pen pals -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Correspondence
- London (England) -- Biography
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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- D811.5 .S924 2009eb
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Includes biibliographical references.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.