Dear Helen
Subtitle: wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal
By: edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.
Contributors: Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979.; Jones, Russell M. 1927-; Swanson, John H., 1938-
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780826218506
Subjects: Swallow, Betty M., -- 1915-1969 -- Correspondence; Bradley, Helen, -- 1890-1979 -- Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English; 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
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives, English.; Biography.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes biibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The "phony war"; title: "France has surrendered and we are all on our ownsomes"; title: February 1941-early 1942; title: July 1942-February 1945; title: August 1945-1947; title: May 10, 1949-December 1950; title: Helen Bradley to Betty Swallow, August 18, 1969.