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OverviewThis collection of letters between WWII Navy Pilot Albert B. Southwick and his family back at Maple Hill Farm in Leicester, Massachusetts spans February to June, 1942. Young Albert details his experiences first at the Naval Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island, then at the Naval Air Base Station Service School in Jacksonville, Florida.The entire collection, some of it written in rhyming verse by Albert's father Nathan Marshall Southwick, recalls a bygone era when written correspondence was a carefully crafted art form.Footnotes added by Albert's daughter Martha Jean Southwick illuminate many of the references.This revised first volume of his WWII letters includes 45 images. Font size: 14 points. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martha Jean Southwick , Albert B SouthwickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781494224790ISBN 10: 1494224798 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 30 November 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationLocal historian Albert B. Southwick of Leicester, Massachusetts, was a long-time journalist and chief editorial writer of the Worcester (MA) Telegram & Evening Gazette, and still pens a weekly column for the Worcester Telegram in his retirement years. This prolific wordsmith is the author of twenty books as well as two librettos. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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