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Soft Snap: The WWII Letters of Don Murray

Donald A. Murray

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Description:At the time of his enlistment in 1942, Donald Murray resembled few other Army recruits to the war effort. He was a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard, fluent in multiple languages, and had six years of teaching experience under his belt. While completing basic training he sent out a line to a distant relation and the daughter of a Navy commander to ask her for help in expediting a late paycheck, thus initiating an intimate correspondence that spans his career as an Army cryptographer and counter intelligence agent. Don's letters contain a rare perspective among WWII accounts -- a wry satire of military life and a bewildered account of a college professor forced to confront the 'colossal enormity of coincidence' that directed his unusual journey from Harvard and Dartmouth to small town Wisconsin, only to land him in far-flung Pacific outposts. Between the lines of his acerbic commentary, Don's letters express the hopes and fears shared by so many in his generation. His correspondence with Arlene grows into a relationship of mutual respect and admiration that holds the promise of his life after the war. Soft Snap is perhaps most satisfying for contemporary readers as Don never lost his keen perspective despite the immediacy of his situation. Readers and critics alike will find this to be a peerless work in the WWII letter genre and a hidden gem of American satire.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soft Snap: The WWII Letters of Don Murray. To get started finding Soft Snap: The WWII Letters of Don Murray, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Amazon Digital Services

Release: 2012

ISBN: 0981710360

Description: At the time of his enlistment in 1942, Donald Murray resembled few other Army recruits to the war effort. He was a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard, fluent in multiple languages, and had six years of teaching experience under his belt. While completing basic training he sent out a line to a distant relation and the daughter of a Navy commander to ask her for help in expediting a late paycheck, thus initiating an intimate correspondence that spans his career as an Army cryptographer and counter intelligence agent. Don's letters contain a rare perspective among WWII accounts -- a wry satire of military life and a bewildered account of a college professor forced to confront the 'colossal enormity of coincidence' that directed his unusual journey from Harvard and Dartmouth to small town Wisconsin, only to land him in far-flung Pacific outposts. Between the lines of his acerbic commentary, Don's letters express the hopes and fears shared by so many in his generation. His correspondence with Arlene grows into a relationship of mutual respect and admiration that holds the promise of his life after the war. Soft Snap is perhaps most satisfying for contemporary readers as Don never lost his keen perspective despite the immediacy of his situation. Readers and critics alike will find this to be a peerless work in the WWII letter genre and a hidden gem of American satire.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soft Snap: The WWII Letters of Don Murray. To get started finding Soft Snap: The WWII Letters of Don Murray, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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