July 28, 2017 Hello , I'm sorry today's newsletter is nothing but a tease.
Cornelia died in a plane crash at the age of 24, which happens to be the age my youngest son will turn Sunday.
This is giving me perspective on how much she accomplished in her short life.
And it brings home to me the strength of her courage and confidence as she broke through the strictures on women's lives in the 1930s and 40s.
First, she rebelled in her family, then in the
Southern culture in which she was born, next in the male dominated profession of aviation, and finally Cornelia confronted the all-male US military and found a way to do her part in the war effort.
I apologize, I ran out of time
this week, and so you will have to wait until next week's newsletter for Cornelia's story.
Many thanks to subscriber Bob Stagner who tipped me off about Cornelia Fort. I first met Bob when PURE GRIT came out. He, too, has spent much time writing
about the nurses of Bataan and Corregidor, though he's writing a novel, incorporating some of the experiences of his father, Robert T. Stagner, Jr. Bob's dad was a career navy man who served in China on a destroyer during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-38.
Bob has another recommendation if you're interested in World War I. He says this older book,
The Myriad Faces of War, by Trevor Wilson (1986) stands well the test of time and is the best book he's read on the subject.
Another recommendation, this one from subscriber Anne Buckley-Jones, The Immortal Irishman,
by Timothy Egan. She is the second person to tell me to listen to the audio version.
"The narrator has a delightful brogue," says Anne. Of the story, she says, "So much tragic and sad history," but Egan does such a great job.
So, until next week, when I promise you the rest of the story on Cornelia Fort, take care.
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