Letters from Barcelona : an American woman in revolution and civil war

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/creator	Orr, Charles.
Other author/creator	Horn, Gerd-Rainer.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description	xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008042642
ISBN	9780230527393
ISBN	0230527396

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DP 269.9 .O66 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold