Dearest Mama: The Lost Letters of a Fallen Soldier and the Stories of Those He Left Behind - Softcover

Walker, William S.

 
9781643365022: Dearest Mama: The Lost Letters of a Fallen Soldier and the Stories of Those He Left Behind
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1643365029 ISBN 13: 9781643365022
Verlag: University of South Carolina Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

A cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war

William S. Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher "Bud" Blanton. Blanton had been killed fighting in Europe during World War II before Walker was born. Walker had heard stories about Bud, but for most of his life his uncle had existed only as a faded memory. That path changed when Walker opened a dusty cabinet forgotten in his garage attic and found a paper sack and a note in his father's handwriting that read, "Go through before you throw away." The bag was filled with family photos, correspondence, and a collection of letters and postcards that his uncle Bud had written to his family during his time on the frontline as a US Army infantryman in Europe. The first letter he pulled from the bag opened with the line, "Dearest Mama." Walker's Dearest Mama is Bud Blanton's story. More than that it is a deeply personal family chronicle that resonates for all those left behind when servicemembers do not return home from combat.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Walker is a South Carolina–born writer and former soldier who worked as a reporter and editor for more than four decades.

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Verlag
University of South Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1643365029
ISBN 13 
9781643365022
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Anzahl der Seiten
176
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