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Dearest Mama: The Lost Letters of a Fallen Soldier and the Stories of Those He Left Behind.

Dearest Mama: The Lost Letters of a Fallen Soldier and the Stories of Those He Left Behind.

・ISBN 978-1-64336-502-2 paper US$ 24.99

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著者・編者Walker, William S.,
出版社 (University of South Carolina Press, US)
出版年月2024
ページ数176 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<A04-22977>

解説

A cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war

William Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher "Bud" Blanton. Blanton had been killed fighting in Europe during World War II before Walker was born. Walker had heard stories about Bud, but for most of his life his uncle had existed only as a faded memory. That path changed when Walker opened a dusty cabinet forgotten in his garage attic and found a paper sack and a note in his father's handwriting that read, "Go through before you throw away." The bag was filled with family photos, correspondence, and a collection of letters and postcards that his uncle Bud had written to his family during his time on the frontline as a US Army infantryman in Europe. The first letter he pulled from the bag opened with the line, "Dearest Mama." Walker's Dearest Mama is Bud Blanton's story, but more than that it is a deeply personal family chronicle that resonates for those left behind when service members do not return home from combat.