Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW

by Mary Breu

Book Overview

Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war.

Etta and her sister moved to the Territory of Alaska in 1922. She planned to stay only one year as a vacation, but this 40 something year old nurse from back east met Foster Jones and fell in love...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882408100
• ISBN13: 9780882408101
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"