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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars (2001)

par Andrew Carroll

Autres auteurs: Tom Brokaw (Narrateur)

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"In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans." "Featured here are dramatic accounts of combat written immediately after the most ferocious battles American troops have ever faced; poignant expressions of love by homesick husbands and sweethearts; humorous anecdotes and gripes about insufferable conditions; thoughtful reflections on the nature of warfare; and perhaps most devastating, a startling number of last letters, heartfelt messages penned just hours before the sender was killed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (plus d'informations)

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"Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read."

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Kayla1318 | Mar 6, 2021 |

5651. War Letters Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, edited by Andrew Carroll (read 28 Sep 2019) This is a 504 page book (plus index) published in 2001 and having therein numerous letters written during the Civil War, World Wars One and Two, the Korean War, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War, Somalia, and Bosnia.. I found the book eminently readable and since the letters are in most cases short if one is is of limited interest one quickly gets to the next one. Many are poignant and often give a picture of what war is doing to the writer. Some are by famous people--Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, General Patton, General MacArthur, etc. Most are by less famous persons and there are even Dear John letters and many are highly introspective. All too often a note tells that the writer did not survive the war and when the note tells that the writer survived and returned to his loved ones the fact is a joy. This was a good book to read and savor. (

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Schmerguls | Sep 28, 2019 |

I laughed. I cried.
I absolutely LOVED this book!! I didn't want to put it down. And in a lot of cases I didn't want to finish a letter because I didn't want to read that the soldier had been killed in action.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this book!!
I wrote a letter to my sweetheart simply because of this book, and unlike the other letters I've written him ... I just wrote. Before I would censor myself and consider the consequences of my words ... this time I just wrote.

And I learned so much!! Some of what I learned is downright horrible ...

It was a great book!!
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Adrianne_p | Apr 16, 2016 |

I really liked this book because of the various types of correspondence included in it. It allows the reader to get a different perspective of war. (

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"Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read."

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Brokaw, Tom	Narrateur	auteur secondaire	toutes les éditions	confirmé

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Audie Award (Finaliste – Multi-Voiced Performance – 2002)

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New York Times bestseller (Non-fiction – 2001)

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ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Histoire – 2004)

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In memory of
my uncle FRANK W. HARTMANN (1920-1999)
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my godfather JONATHAN H. "JACK" LASLEY (1910-2001)
two of the most honorable veterans I have ever known.

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Nothing I had ever seen, or read, or been told about war, prepared me for the letters I was about to recieve.

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"In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans." "Featured here are dramatic accounts of combat written immediately after the most ferocious battles American troops have ever faced; poignant expressions of love by homesick husbands and sweethearts; humorous anecdotes and gripes about insufferable conditions; thoughtful reflections on the nature of warfare; and perhaps most devastating, a startling number of last letters, heartfelt messages penned just hours before the sender was killed."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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