War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American WarsIn 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project, with the goal of remembering Americans who have served their nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, over 50,000 letters have poured in from around the country. Nearly two hundred of them comprise this amazing collection -- including never-before-published letters that appear in the new afterword. Here are letters from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf war, Somalia, and Bosnia -- dramatic eyewitness accounts from the front lines, poignant expressions of love for family and country, insightful reflections on the nature of warfare. Amid the voices of common soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors, nurses, journalists, spies, and chaplains are letters by such legendary figures as Gen. William T. Sherman, Clara Barton, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernie Pyle, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Julia Child, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, and Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Collected in War Letters, they are an astonishing historical record, a powerful tribute to those who fought, and a celebration of the enduring power of letters. |
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WAR LETTERS: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
Nutzerbericht - KirkusPoignant letters from American servicemen and their families in the midst of war. Hindsight plays a major role in reading these letters. Many of the authors featured were dead by the time the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
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In the Aftermath of the Bloodshed at Antietam an Anguished | 75 |
Samuel Cabble an AfricanAmerican Private in the Union Army | 82 |
Pfc Richard Cowan Just Before the Battle of the Bulge Writes | 263 |
1st Lt James Carroll Jordan in a Letter to His Wife Details the Atrocities | 270 |
2nd Lt Richard Wellbrock Chronicles His Remaining Days as a Prisoner | 277 |
to Remind Her How Much He Loves Her Shares His Fears About | 284 |
Pfc Richard King Recalls the Fighting on Saipan and Okinawa | 300 |
Fireman Keith Lynch Describes to His Parents the Dead City | 310 |
Stationed in Japan Sgt Richard Leonard Explains to His Friend | 317 |
Shot During One of the U S Armys First Major Defeats in Korea | 323 |
Capt David Embree a Veteran of Numerous Battles Reflects in a Letter | 91 |
Extended Correspondence | 101 |
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In the Bitter Aftermath of the Civil War Union Soldier | 117 |
Social Activist Jane Addams Warns President Woodrow Wilson | 125 |
Ships Cook 3C Hugh Alexander Leslie Writes Home | 131 |
In a Cable to Gen Peyton March Gen John BlackJack Pershing | 139 |
On the Eve of the First Major U S Offensive at SaintMihiel | 147 |
Goldie Marcellus Mails Her Husband Edward a Love Letter | 154 |
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American Red Cross Nurse Maude B Fisher Writes to the Mother | 170 |
Ned Black Visiting England in 1939 Relates to His Family in the United | 182 |
President Roosevelt Receives an Extraordinary Appeal | 188 |
Pvt Morton D Elevitch in Basic Training Informs His Mother | 195 |
Maxine Meyers Working as a Welder Describes to Her Husband Nove | 203 |
1st Lt Paul Skogsberg Flirts with a Beautiful War Nurse Named | 210 |
Extended Correspondence | 217 |
Lt Walter Schuette Sends His Newborn Daughter Anna Mary a Letter | 226 |
Army Nurse Vera Lee Writes to Her Family About a Deadly | 230 |
Gen George S Patton Jr Removed from the Main Action on DDay | 238 |
Extended Correspondence | 246 |
CPhM Fritz Houser Describes to His Parents the Critically Wounded | 256 |
In a Letter Home Sgt John Wheeler Harshly Condemns the Communists | 327 |
Writing from the Osaka Army Hospital Pvt Bob Hammond Describes | 334 |
Extended Correspondence | 342 |
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Ardith Morrisseau Gently Chastises Her Former Boyfriend Lt jg Carroll | 358 |
Demoralized by His Experiences in Korea Pfc Jack Train | 363 |
In a Letter to Reverend G A Zema Helen Keller Denies | 369 |
Writing from Moscow Francis Gary Powers Sends His First Letter | 381 |
The Sister of an Army Specialist Killed in Vietnam | 391 |
In a Private Letter to Lt Col Lewis L Millet | 398 |
Chaplain Ray W Stubbe Writes to His Parents from the Marine Base | 406 |
In a Letter to His Parents L Cpl Stephen Daniel Laments the Death | 412 |
in a Series of Short Descriptive Letters to Anxious Family Members Back | 416 |
The Parents of Sandy Scheuer Receive a Series of Letters | 426 |
Ambassador Graham A Martin Dispatches Three Urgent Telegrams | 435 |
Sgt Tom Shaffer Jokes with His Friend Kathleen Williams | 447 |
Capt Samuel G Putnam III Chronicles for His Wife and Family | 453 |
Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf and Gen Colin Powell Console | 463 |
1st Lt Erin Shuler Writes an Email from Bosnia to Her Family Back | 469 |
Editors Note and Acknowledgments | 489 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 26 - Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers...
Seite 45 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars |
| Autor/in | Andrew Carroll |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Simon and Schuster, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1439107319, 9781439107317 |
| Länge | 512 Seiten |
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