Last letters from Attu : the true story of Etta Jones, Alaska pioneer and Japanese P.O.W

Breu, Mary. (Author). Hudson, Ray, 1943- (Added Author).

Summary:

"Etta Jones was not a soldier. She was not a spy. She was a teacher on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. In 1922, she had agreed to move to Alaska from the East Coast with her sister, promising to stay one year. But during that year, this forty-something nurse met a man and fell in love. They married and for nearly twenty years taught in remote Alaskan villages. Their lives changed forever when the Japanese invaded Attu and Etta became a prisoner of war - taken from American soil to Japan and given up for dead. Mary Breu, Etta Jones's great-niece, gathered letters from her aunt, an unpublished memoir, and her own extensive research to piece together this amazing account. It is a gripping story of a courageous, loving, and generous woman from New Jersey who embraced life against all odds."--Page [4] cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780882408101
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Physical Description: 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Publisher: Portland, OR : Alaska Northwest Books, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- To Alaska -- Tanana: 1922-1923 -- Tanana: 1923-1930 -- Tanana, Tatitlek, and Old Harbor: 1928-1932 -- From Kodiak to Kipnuk: 1932 -- Kipnuk Culture: 1932 -- Letters from Kipnuk: 1932-1933 -- Kipnuk School: 1932-1934 -- Letters from Kipnuk: 1934-1937 -- Old Harbor: 1937-1941 -- Attu: 1941-1942 -- Invasion: 1942 -- The Australians: January-July 1942 -- Bund Hotel, Yokohama: July 1942 -- Yokohama Yacht Club: 1942-1943 -- Yokohama Yacht Club: 1943-1944 -- Totsuka: 1944-1945 -- Rescue: August 31, 1945 -- Return to the United States: September 1945 -- Home: 1945-1965 -- Afterword by Ray Hudson -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- About the Afterword Writer.