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Author Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969.

Title Dear Helen : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal / edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical 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.
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.
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Subject Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969 -- Correspondence.
Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969.
Genre/Form Correspondence.
Subject Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979 -- Correspondence.
Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979.
Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969.
Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War (1939-1945)
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- British.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
Pen pals -- England -- London -- Correspondence.
Pen pals.
England -- London.
Young women -- England -- London -- Correspondence.
Young women.
Working class -- England -- London -- Correspondence.
Working class.
Pen pals -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Correspondence.
Missouri -- Kansas City.
London (England) -- Biography.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Author Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979.
Jones, Russell M. (Russell Moseley), 1927-
Swanson, John H., 1938-
Other Form: Print version: Swallow, Betty M., 1915-1969. Dear Helen. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008051321
ISBN 9780826271808 (electronic book)
0826271804 (electronic book)
9780826218506 (alkaline paper)
0826218504 (alkaline paper)