Evidence: | 'These included excerpts from the "News Chronicle" and "Manchester Guardian", which reported that a so-called "article" of mine on saturation bombing, supported by a signed statement from twenty-eight Protestant "leaders of opinion", had created a "furore" in the United States, and had even inspired three and a half columns of adverse criticism in the "New York Times".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 10 Mar 1944 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Allum Green, New Forest county: Hampshire |
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Record ID: | 28439 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Experience | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 331 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 331, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28439, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Vera Brittain states that she received a bunch of press clippings, including these extracts, on March 10th, 1944. |
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