In the Shadow of the Hawk: An Intimate Chronicle of World War II and One Woman's Search for MeaningThis book carries the reader back to the early years of World War II. It is centered on an insightful American woman's daily experience, recorded in her diary from 1939 to 1942, wherein personal reflections and epic thrust yield an intriguing sense of plot. Author Lester Bartson draws on many external sources in order to bring to life the diarist's interesting native city of Canton, Ohio, her subsequent service as a WAC during the liberation of France, and postwar initiatives in Nova Scotia. Bartson uses recently discovered original material to piece together the poignant story of her husband, a Canadian RAF pilot during the First World War. Historical and cultural issues are given perspective by richly interactive notes, a broadly based Introduction, reflective Epilogue, thematic Index, and more than fifty individual illustrations. |
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Page vii
... completion of this far ranging book . The important role of Marian Pennerton Gott will be made clear in the Historiographical Introduction that follows these acknowledgments and will often be obvious in the text and notes . It is ...
... completion of this far ranging book . The important role of Marian Pennerton Gott will be made clear in the Historiographical Introduction that follows these acknowledgments and will often be obvious in the text and notes . It is ...
Page 11
... completed journal . Her imagination must have been held by the vision of an intrepid pilot , into which she could easily project an image of Cecil . She may never have seen Cecil's own vivid ( and witty ) description of his first solo ...
... completed journal . Her imagination must have been held by the vision of an intrepid pilot , into which she could easily project an image of Cecil . She may never have seen Cecil's own vivid ( and witty ) description of his first solo ...
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... completed at the cost of almost one million dollars in 1926 . to the designs of a Chicago architect . Nearby and across the street at 510 Market Avenue North , Josephine patronizes Loew's , which she mentions by name . By 1939 ...
... completed at the cost of almost one million dollars in 1926 . to the designs of a Chicago architect . Nearby and across the street at 510 Market Avenue North , Josephine patronizes Loew's , which she mentions by name . By 1939 ...
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... Completed in 1853 , it was immediately joined to the Ohio & Indiana Railroad , which had just been laid from Crestline to Fort Wayne . The two lines were connected to a railroad driven through to Chicago in 1858 . All three were ...
... Completed in 1853 , it was immediately joined to the Ohio & Indiana Railroad , which had just been laid from Crestline to Fort Wayne . The two lines were connected to a railroad driven through to Chicago in 1858 . All three were ...
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... completed for the resulting Dueber - Hampden Watch Company , which remained Canton's largest industry for twenty years . By 1907 , 2.300 workers were employed there . They were kept punctual by a handsome four - faced clock , housed ...
... completed for the resulting Dueber - Hampden Watch Company , which remained Canton's largest industry for twenty years . By 1907 , 2.300 workers were employed there . They were kept punctual by a handsome four - faced clock , housed ...
Contents
Spring 1939 MARCH 11 JUNE 3 | 97 |
Summer 1939 JUNE 30 AUGUST 30 | 163 |
Autumn 1939 SEPTEMBER 1 OCTOBER 2 | 205 |
An Early Winter 1939 OCTOBER 7 DECEMBER 31 | 253 |
Lingering WinterDismal Spring 1940 FEBRUARY 5 MAY 17 | 295 |
Late Spring 1940 THE FALL OF FRANCE MAY 27 JUNE 25 | 345 |
Summer and Autumn 1940 JULY 1 SEPTEMBER 16 | 383 |
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