Dear Helen : wartime letters from a Londoner to her American pen pal / edited by Russell M. Jones and John H. Swanson.

Personal Name: Bradley, Helen, 1890-1979, author.

Note:The beginning -- The "phony war" -- "France has surrendered and we are all on our ownsomes" -- February 1941-early 1942 -- July 1942-February 1945 -- August 1945-1947 -- May 10, 1949-December 1950 -- Helen Bradley to Betty Swallow, August 18, 1969.

Note:"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.

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