London War Notes, 1939-1945
"This is a firsthand account of the British civilian experience of World War II, written as it was happening. The entries are spaced about every 2 weeks, from September 3, 1939 until May 12, 1945".
"This is a firsthand account of the British civilian experience of World War II, written as it was happening. The entries are spaced about every 2 weeks, from September 3, 1939 until May 12, 1945".
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780374190224 (0374190224)
ASIN: 0374190224
Publish date: 1971
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 378
Edition language: English
In 1939, at the beginning of WWII, Mollie Panter-Downes, a young and successful novelist at the time, began a weekly column in the New Yorker magazine, called "Letter from London." Her column was so popular that the New Yorker kept her on until 1984 (45 years!). This book is the complete columns fro...