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 11
... probably shared stories of it with her . Such accounts would have supplied further elements for the heroic image of Cecil that she continued to nurture as the years passed , and which , correspondingly , influenced another woman , who ...
... probably shared stories of it with her . Such accounts would have supplied further elements for the heroic image of Cecil that she continued to nurture as the years passed , and which , correspondingly , influenced another woman , who ...
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... probably stops there often . It is a short way from her office , in the 11. Collier's Atlas and Gazetteer , 1939 , p . 208. Canton is located 15 miles south of Akron and 74 miles from Pittsburgh , across the Pennsylvania border ...
... probably stops there often . It is a short way from her office , in the 11. Collier's Atlas and Gazetteer , 1939 , p . 208. Canton is located 15 miles south of Akron and 74 miles from Pittsburgh , across the Pennsylvania border ...
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... probably so during the early 1920's , when she attended Central High School , and certainly by 1939 , when we find her cultivating broad interests . She habitually fills her evenings at home with nightly radio programs of orchestral ...
... probably so during the early 1920's , when she attended Central High School , and certainly by 1939 , when we find her cultivating broad interests . She habitually fills her evenings at home with nightly radio programs of orchestral ...
Page 18
... probably in sympathy with the hot passions of the Whiskey Rebel- lion of 1794 , which threatened a replay of the colonial revolution in reaction to a tax by the fledgling federal government on corn , to be paid in cash a hardship ...
... probably in sympathy with the hot passions of the Whiskey Rebel- lion of 1794 , which threatened a replay of the colonial revolution in reaction to a tax by the fledgling federal government on corn , to be paid in cash a hardship ...
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... probably born at home , a decade later , in 1902 . 30. A chronicle of brick making in Canton is found in C. Harold McCollam , The Brick and Tile Industry of Stark County , 1809-1976 : A History , Stark County Historical Society , 1976 ...
... probably born at home , a decade later , in 1902 . 30. A chronicle of brick making in Canton is found in C. Harold McCollam , The Brick and Tile Industry of Stark County , 1809-1976 : A History , Stark County Historical Society , 1976 ...
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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