Letters from Barcelona : an American woman in revolution and civil war / Lois Orr ; with some materials by Charles Orr ; edited by Gerd-Rainer Horn.

Author/creator Orr, Lois
Other author Orr, Charles.
Other author Horn, Gerd-Rainer.
Format Book
Publication InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionxiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Orr, Lois.
Orr, Lois--Correspondence.
Americans--Spain. --Barcelona. --History. --20th century.
Spain--History. --Civil War, 1936-1939. --Personal narratives, American.
Barcelona (Spain)--History. --20th century.
Spain--History. --Civil War, 1936-1939. --Women.
Spain--History. --Civil War, 1936-1939. --Foreign public opinion, American.

Contents The Catalan revolution / Gerd-Rainer Horn -- Women's autobiographies : history and meaning / Gerd-Rainer Horn -- The language of symbols and the barriers of language : foreigners' perceptions of social revolution (Barcelona 1936-1937) / Gerd-Rainer Horn -- Letters from Barcelona (autumn) / Lois Orr -- Letters from Barcelona (winter) / Lois Orr -- Letters from Barcelona (spring) / Lois Orr -- Reminiscences / Charles Orr. Homage to Orwell : as i knew him in Catalonia. The repentant spy -- In Stalin's secret Barcelona jail. Some facts on the persecution of foreign revolutionaries in Republican Spain / Charles Orr. The May days and my arrest / Lois Orr. List of foreign detainees - Facsimile (Lois and Charles Orr). Letter fragment from Paris, January 1938 / Lois Orr -- (Auto-)biographical notes / Lois Orr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008042642
ISBN9780230527393
ISBN0230527396

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Joyner General Stacks DP269.9 .O66 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold