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Undaunted: Stories of Navy Life - Couverture souple

Mcelroy, John

 
9780595354061: Undaunted: Stories of Navy Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595354068 ISBN 13 : 9780595354061
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Today's military spouses are understandably upset when they see war reports on television. Faster e-mails from their loved ones have replaced the slower snail mail of the past-but war is still war. Military spouses then and now have to be gutsy and are expected to remain strong no matter what comes their way.In the insightful memoir, Undaunted, author Anne Scott McElroy, or Scotty, shares her own experiences as a Navy wife. From being the fiancée of a handsome midshipman who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943, until the day Scotty's husband retired in 1964, Scotty knew it took a special kind of person to cope with Navy life. At times only true love made the trials and tribulations bearable. See how these devoted wives managed long separations from their seagoing husbands, and be part of their joy when happy reunions occur. Share their frustrations with frequent changes of orders, and enjoy stories of friends and the many places they called home. Chuckle at their social errors and feel their sympathy when they receive heartbreaking news from the battlefront.Undaunted paints a compelling picture of what Navy wives were dealing with while their husbands were off winning World War II.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Today's military spouses are understandably upset when they see war reports on television. Faster e-mails from their loved ones have replaced the slower snail mail of the past-but war is still war. Military spouses then and now have to be gutsy and are expected to remain strong no matter what comes their way.In the insightful memoir, Undaunted, author Anne Scott McElroy, or Scotty, shares her own experiences as a Navy wife. From being the fiancée of a handsome midshipman who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943, until the day Scotty's husband retired in 1964, Scotty knew it took a special kind of person to cope with Navy life. At times only true love made the trials and tribulations bearable. See how these devoted wives managed long separations from their seagoing husbands, and be part of their joy when happy reunions occur. Share their frustrations with frequent changes of orders, and enjoy stories of friends and the many places they called home. Chuckle at their social errors and feel their sympathy when they receive heartbreaking news from the battlefront.Undaunted paints a compelling picture of what Navy wives were dealing with while their husbands were off winning World War II.

Biographie de l'auteur

Anne Scott McElroy and her husband live in Beaufort, South Carolina. She was a Navy wife for twenty-one years and has been a civilian wife for the last forty.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595354068
ISBN 13 
9780595354061
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
134
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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