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Last Letters from Attu
The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW
Taschenbuch von Mary Breu
Sprache: Englisch

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Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war.

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. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup'ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu.

After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II.

Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war.

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. They married and for nearly twenty years they lived, worked and taught in remote Athabascan, Alutiiq, Yup'ik and Aleut villages where they were the only outsiders. Their last assignment was Attu.

After the invasion, Etta became a prisoner of war and spent 39 months in Japanese POW sites located in Yokohama and Totsuka. She was the first female Caucasian taken prisoner by a foreign enemy on the North American Continent since the War of 1812, and she was the first American female released by the Japanese at the end of World War II.

Using descriptive letters that she penned herself, her unpublished manuscript, historical documents and personal interviews with key people who were involved with events as they happened, her extraordinary story is told for the first time in this book.
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface 9

To Alaska 13

Tanana: 1922-1923 27

Tanana: 1923-1930 37

Tanana, Tatitlek, and Old Harbor: 1928-1932 53

From Kodiak to Kipnuk: 1932 70

Kipnuk Culture: 1932 79

Letters from Kipnuk: 1932-1933 91

Kipnuk School: 1932-1934 112

Letters from Kipnuk: 1934-1937 119

Old Harbor: 1937-1941 135

Attu: 1941-1942 148

Invasion: 1942 167

The Australians: January-July 1942 181

Bund Hotel, Yokohama: July 1942 193

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1942-1943 203

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1943-1944 213

Totsuka: 1944-1945 227

Rescue: August 31, 1945 245

Return to the United States: September 1945 255

Home: 1945-1965 266

Afterword by Ray Hudson 279

Acknowledgements 281

Notes 283

Bibliography 305

Index 307

About the Author 317

About the Afterword Writer 319
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780882408101
ISBN-10: 0882408100
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Breu, Mary
Hersteller: Alaska Northwest Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Mary Breu
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,405 kg
Artikel-ID: 101636824
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface 9

To Alaska 13

Tanana: 1922-1923 27

Tanana: 1923-1930 37

Tanana, Tatitlek, and Old Harbor: 1928-1932 53

From Kodiak to Kipnuk: 1932 70

Kipnuk Culture: 1932 79

Letters from Kipnuk: 1932-1933 91

Kipnuk School: 1932-1934 112

Letters from Kipnuk: 1934-1937 119

Old Harbor: 1937-1941 135

Attu: 1941-1942 148

Invasion: 1942 167

The Australians: January-July 1942 181

Bund Hotel, Yokohama: July 1942 193

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1942-1943 203

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1943-1944 213

Totsuka: 1944-1945 227

Rescue: August 31, 1945 245

Return to the United States: September 1945 255

Home: 1945-1965 266

Afterword by Ray Hudson 279

Acknowledgements 281

Notes 283

Bibliography 305

Index 307

About the Author 317

About the Afterword Writer 319
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780882408101
ISBN-10: 0882408100
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Breu, Mary
Hersteller: Alaska Northwest Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Mary Breu
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,405 kg
Artikel-ID: 101636824
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