Bøger af Lloyd Roberts

In 1910/1911 Effie May Johnson, aged 29, toured the Golden West. Her letters home were published in the Parkersburg (West Virginia) Sentinel, and are reproduced here. She reports her experiences in wonderful and unexpected detail, for example, when riding a train through the desert, she describes the sand blowing in through the open carriage windows. She gives us a female perspective on travelling alone in 1911. She spent her whole life on the family farm in Boaz (West Virginia), and her knowledge of agriculture shines through in her letters. She asks in-depth questions about farm economics and tells day-to-day details of 1910 farm life in the West. She visits Stanford University, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, still recovering from the Fire and writes about a lecture by Stanford University president Dr. David Starr Jordan. This special color edition includes contemporaneous color vintage postcard views of some of the locations she visited.

In 1910/1911 Effie May Johnson (1882-1969), at aged 29, toured the West. Her letters home were published in the Parkersburg (West Virginia) Sentinel, and are reproduced in this short book. She reports her experiences in wonderful and unexpected detail and gives us a female perspective on travelling alone in 1911. She lived her whole life on the family farm in Boaz (West Virginia), and her knowledge of agriculture shines through in her letters. She asks in-depth questions about farm economics and tells us that the apple crop sprayer her father invented, back in Boaz, can do the work of six men in California. As she visits her various aunts and uncles, she shares day-to-day details of farm life in the West. She visits Sanford University and Los Angeles as they recover from a quake, and San Francisco, still recovering from the Fire, and writes about a lecture by Stanford University president Dr. David Starr Jordan. The letters are illustrated with family photographs and vintage postcards.

BLACK AND WHITE VERSION Note: A Full Color Version is also available on Amazon at http: //tinyurl.com/koreapowcolor _________________________________________________________________________________ "After returning from Korea, I started a family and immersed myself in school. Nevertheless, a day seldom passed without something triggering a flashback to Korea - if only briefly. This book is intended to chronicle life as a POW, from the initial appalling conditions and near total neglect by the Chinese, to the almost surreal final year when conditions somewhat resembled a boy scout camp." - Lloyd Roberts (the author) As the military situation worsened in Korea due to the entry of the Chinese in the winter of '50/'51, thousands of men were called up. Having spent prior time in the service, the author was recalled and sent directly to Korea. He joined the US Army 2nd Infantry Division to replace the hundreds killed and wounded in two previous actions at Kunuri and Hoengsong. The author saw light action from March through April as the Chinese were pushed back, giving ground in preparation for their big Spring offensive in late April and May. The 2nd Division bore the brunt of the attack which culminated in the so-called 'May Massacre' below the Soyong River where two battalions were surrounded with heavy losses in men and equipment. Several hundred men were captured along with the author. This began a 27 month journey which is chronicled in this book. In the beginning the POWs were intermingled with the Chinese and subjected to the same artillery, bombing, strafing and napalm as our Air Force pummeled the Chinese. This book is intended to depict the life of the POWs as the author experienced it. The initial conditions that first year were appalling, with high death rates and rampant disease and filth. With the start of the peace talks, conditions improved until the last year when the food was plentiful and almost no one was sick. The dramatic changes in the food and living conditions reflected the Chinese agenda to use the POWs as pawns in the Cold War. The POWs were constantly subjected to attempts at brainwashing and more subtle intimidation to support their policies in Korea. In the end, the Chinese failed at achieving their goals but at least the POW's lives improved.