In the Shadow of the Hawk: An Intimate Chronicle of World War II and One Woman's Search for MeaningThis book carries the reader back to the early years of World War II. It is centered on an insightful American woman's daily experience, recorded in her diary from 1939 to 1942, wherein personal reflections and epic thrust yield an intriguing sense of plot. Author Lester Bartson draws on many external sources in order to bring to life the diarist's interesting native city of Canton, Ohio, her subsequent service as a WAC during the liberation of France, and postwar initiatives in Nova Scotia. Bartson uses recently discovered original material to piece together the poignant story of her husband, a Canadian RAF pilot during the First World War. Historical and cultural issues are given perspective by richly interactive notes, a broadly based Introduction, reflective Epilogue, thematic Index, and more than fifty individual illustrations. |
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Page viii
... present Librarian , in turn shared my growing enthusiasm for the ways in which the Canton milieu of the late 1930's and early 1940's interfaces in this book with the initial stages of World War II . In response to my many enquiries and ...
... present Librarian , in turn shared my growing enthusiasm for the ways in which the Canton milieu of the late 1930's and early 1940's interfaces in this book with the initial stages of World War II . In response to my many enquiries and ...
Page x
... present propri- etors and managers of Bender's Restaurant , for reviewing with me the history of that establishment , with which their family has been linked for several generations . They considered chronology with me as it is pre ...
... present propri- etors and managers of Bender's Restaurant , for reviewing with me the history of that establishment , with which their family has been linked for several generations . They considered chronology with me as it is pre ...
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... present for earnest late night conversations about the war , over scotches and Guinness , and sample the atmosphere of meals at home , or visits with company , who arrive to share fast melting ice cream brought straight from the market ...
... present for earnest late night conversations about the war , over scotches and Guinness , and sample the atmosphere of meals at home , or visits with company , who arrive to share fast melting ice cream brought straight from the market ...
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... present seeks to apprehend its past , and so unite the experience and values commonly real to each time . The present enters the past , and the past is correspondingly perceived as one with the future . Aspects of this epic viewpoint ...
... present seeks to apprehend its past , and so unite the experience and values commonly real to each time . The present enters the past , and the past is correspondingly perceived as one with the future . Aspects of this epic viewpoint ...
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... present book . Who , then , was this remarkable woman ? Her name was Josephine B. Curry , and she was a youngish widow who lived and worked in Can- ton , where she was born in 1902. The locale in which she commenced her narrative was a ...
... present book . Who , then , was this remarkable woman ? Her name was Josephine B. Curry , and she was a youngish widow who lived and worked in Can- ton , where she was born in 1902. The locale in which she commenced her narrative was a ...
Contents
Spring 1939 MARCH 11 JUNE 3 | 97 |
Summer 1939 JUNE 30 AUGUST 30 | 163 |
Autumn 1939 SEPTEMBER 1 OCTOBER 2 | 205 |
An Early Winter 1939 OCTOBER 7 DECEMBER 31 | 253 |
Lingering WinterDismal Spring 1940 FEBRUARY 5 MAY 17 | 295 |
Late Spring 1940 THE FALL OF FRANCE MAY 27 JUNE 25 | 345 |
Summer and Autumn 1940 JULY 1 SEPTEMBER 16 | 383 |
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