Dear Folks: a Collection of Letters
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Page : 374 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Presbyterian Church
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Page : 374 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Presbyterian Church
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Author : Sumner Danforth Davis
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Page : 300 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Ewald Mares
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Page : 143 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Czech Americans
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Author : Carol E. Yorke
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1681812851
Before computers and the internet, letter writing was a labor of love. They could make you laugh or cry, holding untold mysteries within a quaint, many-times-over postmarked envelope. When the letter writer is a strapping lad of twenty-four who is blind in one eye and gets into the Army by faking the eye test, his letters home span the hysterically funny to the downright absurd. Meet Hal, Harold W. Yorke, Jr., a tall young man with coal black hair, a strikingly pale moustache, tanned complexion, and intelligent blue eyes that speak volumes. What started as a lark, turns into an interesting career in the Army spanning twenty years. The military took him all over the United States and to exotic locales like Korea and Puerto Rico. Hal’s journey of sepia-tinted World War II memories relates how he makes do with a not-so-handsome salary, yet his sharp mind and will to succeed has him fixing cars and planes, as well as just about anything broken that needs repairs during wartime. His letter home on how to score a cake from the base kitchen without getting caught is hilarious, while his letter about a terrifying fire will chill hearts. Presented by his daughter in this nostalgic compilation, each day in the military produced something new for Hal, and all those outpourings are captured as if on cellulose.
Author : Roy Anderson
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Page : 215 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Hempstead County (Ark.)
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Author : Juliet LOWELL
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : Cameron V. Smith
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Page : 154 pages
File Size : 39,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Raymond F. Maldoon
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Page : pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Soldiers
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Author : Maria Weston Chapman
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Page : 4 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Antislavery movements
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Author : Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics Steven Davis
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 2018-08-15
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ISBN : 9781949366006
"Such is life in the army . . ."-this simple statement gets unpacked in the homespun pages of Dear Folks. Earl Young was a farm boy who had never even been out of his home state of Nebraska. In 1918, at age 18, Earl enlisted in the U.S. Army and, thus, WWI.Dear Folks offers up a rare treasure and a brief glimpse into a young American soldier's daily life through his own words-his own letters home. Interspersed with photographs, popular music of the time, poems, hymns, family recipes, and unique mementos, Dear Folks is a poignant journey of anticipation and discovery that will engage your senses and draw you back to a time when the innocence and passion of youth is all it took to change the world.Join the family and follow Earl as he leaves the only life he has ever known, his beloved Nebraskan wheat fields, and journeys across continents and oceans and back again with a resilience and indefatigable nature that will leave you inspired and content, realizing life does not always turn out the way you expect. Thank goodness!