Letter dated 9 December 1942
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter including references to the battle of El Alamein, the life in the desert, birds, his finances, banks, hotels and Cairo. Also discussing good books including mentions of James Elroy Flecker, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, 'A Glastonbury Romance' by John Cooper Powys and Rudyard Kipling.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-12-09
University of Exeter
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Letter dated 21 August 1942
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army training camps in the desert, flies, heat, lack of privacy and then life in the local villages, Cairo, a military parade for Wiston Churchill and a sketch.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-08-21
University of Exeter
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