Title: Dear Helen
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Correspondence, Social life and customs, English Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Young women, Personal narratives, English, Working class, Pen pals, Biography, British Personal narratives, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british, World war, 1939-1945, great britain, Working class, great britain, London (england), biography, London (england), social life and customs, Friendship, Kansas, history
Places: England, Kansas City, London, London (England), Missouri
People: Betty M. Swallow (1915-1969), Helen Bradley (1890-1979)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: D811.5 .S924 2009