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The Value of War Letters | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. The Value of War Letters. Andrew Carroll understands the material and historical (in addition to the sentimental) value of war letters and has been collecting them for years. NPR describes his efforts to preserve these documents:. Http:/ www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html? One comment on “ The Value of War Letters. June 19, 2014. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Notify me of new ...
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Links to Specific Entries | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. Links to Specific Entries. Victory Mail – A History:. Https:/ bkinloveandwar.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/. Https:/ bkinloveandwar.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/lets-talk-about-talking/. Mapping Progress (NYC Subway Map):. Https:/ bkinloveandwar.wordpress.com/2010/06/. 50th Post/Alex’s 99th Birthday:. Https:/ bkinloveandwar.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/happy-99th-birthday-alex-50th-post/. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Books | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. Book List (In no particular order). This is just an initial list, it will continue to grow. NYC and American History. Rosenzweig, Roy. Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1921. Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United. Wallace, Mike and Edwin Burrows. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Freeman, Joshua. Working Class New York. Book Image taken from:.
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About this Blog | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. This blog looks at the nation’s history as filtered through the well-documented relationship between my grandparents. I never knew Sylvia, but she and my grandfather, Alex, wrote hundreds of letters to each other during the years that Alex was stationed abroad during WWII. Here is a link to the first post on this blog:. Https:/ bkinloveandwar.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/birth/. April 21, 2010. Thanks so mu...
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I love you still, dammit! | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. I love you still, dammit! Long ago I posted a “ Letter Full of Bawling Out. I wasn’t able to find information about the movies or books that Sylvia mentions in this post but I will continue to look. For now, the emotional reasons that she mentions seeing movies feels more prevalent. Friday, January 5, 1945. Even my handwriting looks restrained. I realize that you don’t have many opportunities to d...
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What will we say? | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. What will we say? It is a rainy April day in New York, one that is apt for reading and writing letters. This letter was written almost the same day Sylvia’s letter in the post “I Was Never Demoralized”: http:/ wp.me/pSuoi-kp. April 26, 1945. We are on the last lap of this trip. Tomorrow we will be again in port and I better write a few lines, knowing how nice it is, getting letters. This trip is taking ...
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Sophie | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. On Thursday January 22. My grandmother – Sophie Rosner – passed away at the age of 96. She was a wonderful, intelligent woman who married Alex and united our family in so many ways. She was a teacher at the Walden School, and held a PhD in Education. She wrote her dissertation on racism in children’s literature. Http:/ www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx? 3 comments on “ Sophie. You are comm...
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New Post, Old Topic! | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. New Post, Old Topic! Thank you for your patience while I got through my exams. I’m excited to have them behind me and to finally be able to revisit my own work once again. I want to re-start this blog with a reposting of the entry I wrote just after my surgery. It includes postcards sent from Sylvia in the hospital not long before she passed away: See it here. One comment on “ New Post, Old Topic! Brook...
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Alex’s Storytelling Legacy turns 103 | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. Alex’s Storytelling Legacy turns 103. Today marks what would have been Alex’s 103rd birthday. With the recent passing of my grandma Sophie, I thought it was especially important to acknowledge this day and the legacies that grandparents leave. Soon they will become great grandparents for the fourth time (also, happy birthday to one of his great-grandchildren, Ceci)! March 17, 2015. March 17, 2015. Such ...
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50 Iconic WWII Documents | Brooklyn in Love and at War
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Brooklyn in Love and at War. History of World War Two Told Through Letters. Links to Specific Entries. 50 Iconic WWII Documents. A new book,. Politics, War, and Personality: 50 Iconic World War II Documents,. Uses objects to approach WWII history, which I appreciate. A significant number of the featured documents are letters from historical figures. While I believe letters from people who aren’t presidents and leaders merit collection and investigation as well, I wanted to share this. I Love Franklin Ave.