Mary Breu

Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW

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Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was an American school teacher who in 1941 who along with her husband, Foster agreed to teach the Natives on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. They were both sixty-two years old when they left Alaska's mainland for Attu against the advice of friends and family. Etta, and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love. She married and for nearly twenty years they taught in remote Alaskan villages including their last posting on Attu Island… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Hudson, Ray (Solist)

ISBN: 978-0-88240-981-8
EAN: 9780882409818
Produktnummer: 15169748
Verlag: Alaska Northwest Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 319 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.5 cm 522 g
Gewicht: 522

Über den Autor

At the conclusion of her own thirty-four year teaching career, Mary Breu set out to write the story of her great-aunt, Etta Jones. After doing extensive research, Mary used Etta's letters, old photographs, Etta's unpublished manuscript written after her captivity, and her research to write this book. She holds a bachelor's and master's degrees. She lives with her husband Jerry in South Carolina.