Dear Bob .. Bob Hope's wartime correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II
Book - 2021
An extraordinary collection of posts to and from the "G.I.s' best friend" and incomparable entertainer.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Personal correspondence
Personal narratives - Published
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Jackson, Mississippi :
University Press of Mississippi
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781496832658
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Dear Bob ... We Got Drafted. How'd You Get Here?
- Dear Bob ... Drop Me a Few Lines, Will Ya?
- Dear Bob ... We Can Dream, Can't We?
- Dear Bob ... Thanks for Having Our Backs!
- Dear Bob ... Did I Really Sign Up for This?
- Dear Bob ... Here's What's Shakin'
- Dear Bob ... Greetings from the Foxhole
- Dear Bob ... Tell My Mom I Miss Her
- Dear Bob ... Just Had to Send It
- Dear Bob ... I'm Missing My Sweetheart
- Dear Bob ... How 'Bout It?
- Dear Bob ... Words Aren't Enough
- Dear Bob ... The Beaches Looked Better in the Brochure
- Dear Bob ... Remind the Folks Back Home to Do Their Part ... and We'll Do Ours
- Dear Bob ... War Is Real
- Dear Bob ... Here's a Memory for You
- Dear Bob ... Where the Heck Are You?
- Dear Bob ... Nice of You to Drop In
- Dear Bob ... We Won't Be Home for Christmas
- Dear Bob ... Thanks for Being There
- Dear Bob ... V-E Day at Last!
- Dear Bob ... V-J Day... War's End
- Dear Bob ... Going Home
- Bob Hope's World War II Appearances
- Acknowledgments