Distinguished service : Lydia Chapin Kirk, partner in diplomacy, 1896-1984 / Lydia Chapin Kirk ; edi...
Distinguished service : Lydia Chapin Kirk, partner in diplomacy, 1896-1984 / Lydia Chapin Kirk ; edi...
Distinguished service : Lydia Chapin Kirk, partner in diplomacy, 1896-1984 / Lydia Chapin Kirk ; edited by Roger Kirk ; with a foreword by Robert Orris Blake.
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Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N973.91/50
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Robert Orris Blake -- Preface / Roger Kirk -- Pt. 1. Early Life, 1896-1939 -- 1. Beginnings, 1896-1908 -- 2. Paris, 1908-1911 -- 3. The United States and Paris, 1911-1913 -- 4. At Home in the United States, 1914-1938 -- Pt. 2. London, 1939-1940 -- 5. On the Threshold of War in England, 19...
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Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"When her husband is offered the assignment of U.S. naval attache in London in 1939, Lydia Chapin Kirk packs up her family and embarks on a lifelong journey, one in which she becomes a firsthand witness to the extraordinary world events of her time. Kirk's historical memoir offers a fascinating portrait of a remarkable life, told first from the per...
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Full title
Distinguished service : Lydia Chapin Kirk, partner in diplomacy, 1896-1984 / Lydia Chapin Kirk ; edited by Roger Kirk ; with a foreword by Robert Orris Blake.
Notes
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ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."
Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N973.91/50
Record Identifier
74VK3OPgz623
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3OPgz623
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ISBN
0815608918 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815608912 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
973.91
MMS ID
991023736929702626
