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Dearest Phylabe Letters From Wartime England by Edith Base Edited by Benjamin F. Byerly and Catherine Ridder Byerly Introduction by Stephen T. Powers University Press of Colorado

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title	:	Dearest Phylabe : Letters From Wartime England
author	:	Base, Edith.; Byerly, Benjamin F.; Byerly, Catherine Ridder.
publisher	:	University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin	:	0870814214
print isbn13	:	9780870814211
ebook isbn13	:	9780585027791
language	:	English
subject	Base, Edith,--1903- --Correspondence, Houston, Phylabe,--1910- --Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British, World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain, Women--Great Britain--Correspondence.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	D811.5.B2618 1996eb
ddc	:	940.54/8141
subject	:	Base, Edith,--1903- --Correspondence, Houston, Phylabe,--1910- --Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British, World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain, Women--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Page iv 1996 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado P. 0. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544 Tel. 303-530-5337 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Base, Edith, 1903 Dearest Phylabe : letters from wartime England / Edith Base; edited by Benjamin F. Byerly and Catherine Ridder Byerly; introduction by Stephen T. Powers. p. cm. ISBN 0-87081-421-4 (alk. paper) 1. Base, Edith, 1903-Correspondence. 2. Houston, Phylabe, 1910-Correspondence. 3. World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, British. 4. World War, 1939-1945Great Britain. 5. WomenGreat BritainCorrespondence. I. Byerly, Benjamin F. II. Byerly, Catherine Ridder. III. Title. 1)811.5.B2618 1996 940.54'8141 -dc2095-50196 CIP This book was set in ITC New Baskerville and ITC American Typewriter. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1948 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction Benjamin F Byerly, Catherine Ridder Byerly, and Stephen T Powers 1 August 4, 1941-December 10, 1941 35 January 17, 1942-December 10, 1942 44 May 8, 1943-November 19, 1943 82 January 26, 1944-December 28, 1944 95 January 27, 1945-December 14, 1945 131 January 14, 1946-December 29, 1946 162 January 20, 1947-September 2, 1947 188

Page vii Acknowledgments The editors wish to express their indebtedness to Dr. Marvin Ernst, the former associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Northern Colorado, and to Mrs. Geri Harding, who typed the manuscript. Thanks are also extended to friends and colleagues of the University of Northern Colorado Department of History and Michener Library, who encouraged us in the completion of this project. Finally, we are especially grateful to Phylabe Houston, who preserved the letters and constantly encouraged the editorial work, and Edith Base Bacon, who placed her World War II diary at our disposal, critically read the introduction and the edited letters, wrote a short biographical sketch, and unselfishly gave of her time, literary skills, and journalistic experience. B.F.B. C.R.B. S.T.P.

Page 1 Introduction The correspondence in this volume provides a very intimate and individualized account of everyday life in wartime London at the hand of a highly literate and acute observer. Sometimes written while bombs were falling and the author, Edith Base, was in a shelter or on duty as an air-raid warden, the letters were, in many instances, a form of therapeutic exercise. Through them Edith sought psychological relief and escape from the drudgery, the endless boredom, the bone-numbing fatigue, and the inescapable fear in a city besieged.

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