1944 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN EXPRESSIVE WILKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN

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On offer is a super, original World War II 'Home front' manuscript diary handwritten by a young unidentified Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania woman in 1944. This is a very full, page-a-d ay 8 x 5 inch book which allows this very expressive woman paint a true picture of WWII era Americana from the entries regarding her work, family and friends, her Red Cross service, school courses, soldiers overseas to the touching heart warming final entry being an very early morning surprise knock at the door being Jimmy on furlough and a surprise to celebrate on New Year's Eve Day. Large though the book is she still needs more space and inserts pieces of paper within the days she has more to write. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WORLD WAR TWO, WWII, WW2, PENNSYLVANIA, HOMEFRONT, WOMENS STUDIES, GENDER STUDIES, WORLD WAR II, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, AMERICANA, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel, Show more