{"product_id":"last-letters-from-attu-9780882408101","title":"Last Letters from Attu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtta 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEtta 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Etta Jones was a nurse and teacher in the Alaska Bush. She was living on Attu when Japanese took the island in World War II and, with the rest of the civilian population, incarcerated in Japan for the rest of the war. Her letters and photographs have been used by her grand-niece, Mary Breu for this book.” * Anchorage Daily News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Etta Jones was truly an ordinary woman who did some extraordinary things. And that, in this adventurer’s book, is what makes a hero.\" * Fairbanks Daily News Miner *\u003cbr\u003e\"Etta Jones is a true American hero... If this were a work of fiction it would have ended just like it does. Good triumphs over evil. Good works are rewarded. In today’s turbulent times, Last Letters from Attu is just what the doctor ordered.\" * Anchorage Press *\u003cbr\u003e\"This remarkable book, while adding to our understanding of World War II in Alaska, is much more. It is the story of an important American, a woman of courage and resolve, an inextinguishable spirit.\" * Ray Hudson (Afterword) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To Alaska 13 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tanana: 1922-1923 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tanana: 1923-1930 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tanana, Tatitlek, and Old Harbor: 1928-1932 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Kodiak to Kipnuk: 1932 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kipnuk Culture: 1932 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Letters from Kipnuk: 1932-1933 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kipnuk School: 1932-1934 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Letters from Kipnuk: 1934-1937 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Old Harbor: 1937-1941 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Attu: 1941-1942 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Invasion: 1942 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Australians: January-July 1942 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bund Hotel, Yokohama: July 1942 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yokohama Yacht Club: 1942-1943 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yokohama Yacht Club: 1943-1944 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Totsuka: 1944-1945 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rescue: August 31, 1945 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Return to the United States: September 1945 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Home: 1945-1965 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Afterword by Ray Hudson 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 305 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index 307 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Author 317 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Afterword Writer 319\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359270273367,"sku":"9780882408101","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780882408101.jpg?v=1754124164","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/last-letters-from-attu-9780882408101","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}