Miss You: The World War II Letters of Barbara Wooddall Taylor and Charles E. Taylor - Hardcover

Litoff, Judy Barrett; Smith, David C.; Taylor, Barbara Woodall; Taylor, Charles E.

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9780820311456: Miss You: The World War II Letters of Barbara Wooddall Taylor and Charles E. Taylor

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ISBN 10: 0820311456 ISBN 13: 9780820311456

Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1990

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During World War II, the millions of letters American servicemen exchanged with their wives and sweethearts were a lifeline, a vital way of sustaining morale on both fronts. Intimate and poignant, Miss You offers a rich selection from the correspondence of one such couple, revealing their longings, affection, hopes, and fears and affording a privileged look at how ordinary people lived through the upheavals of the last century’s greatest conflict.

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About the Author:

Barbara Wooddall Taylor (Author)
BARBARA WOODALL TAYLOR was married to career army officer, Charles E. Taylor. After retirement, the Taylors lived the rest of their lives in Florida.

Charles E. Taylor (Author)
CHARLES E. TAYLOR retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army after thirty-one years of service. He and Barbara Wooddall Taylor lived the rest of their lives in Florida.

Judy Barrett Litoff (Editor)
JUDY BARRETT LITOFF is a professor of history at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

David C. Smith (Editor)
DAVID C. SMITH was A. and A. Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine at Orono.

From Publishers Weekly:

Barbara Wooddall, 18, and 21-year-old Charles Taylor, Southerners, met on a blind date in 1941, and because he was a private in the Army they had to conduct their courtship mostly by mail. Married in '42, they became parents the following year. Charles served in Europe as an infantry lieutenant, was twice wounded and earned a battlefield promotion. This selection of their wartime letters preserves both sides of a timeless battle-front/home-front story, chronicling the difficulties and stresses created by the war on both partners. Barbara's letters to the battle front survived because Charles scribbled most of his answers on the back of her letters. The Taylors, now retired and living in Florida, were "ordinary" people, like countless other couples separated by war. Their correspondence will touch the hearts of readers. Litoff teaches history at Bryant College in Rhode Island; Smith teaches history at the University of Maine. Illustrations.
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