Last letters from Attu : the true story of Etta Jones, Alaska pioneer and Japanese P.O.W.
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Pines and Plains - Simla Public Library - NONFICTION | ANF 979.5 BRE | On Shelf |
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295 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.
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Amazon,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 at the far end of the Aleutian island chain. Etta's life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when almost 2,000 Japanese military men invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war. She was taken from American soil to Japan and given up for dead. This is the story of a brave American, a woman of courage and resolve with inextinguishable spirit.
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Breu, M. (2009). Last letters from Attu: the true story of Etta Jones, Alaska pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. . Alaska Northwest Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Breu, Mary. 2009. Last Letters From Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W.. Alaska Northwest Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Breu, Mary. Last Letters From Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. Alaska Northwest Books, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Breu, Mary. Last Letters From Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. Alaska Northwest Books, 2009.
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