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ID
cx123
Title
"A Shadow Over Christmas."
Genre
Essay
Page Count
4
Word Count
1300
Publisher
Britain
New York Herald Tribune
Publication Year
1944
Document Types
Full-text Online
Autobiographical
Eads, Additions to
Topics
Kent, War, Christmas

Memories of "six Christmases of war in Kent," with Bates's hope that "we have had enough both of the glory and the tears of war. We shall say...that there must be some other way of avoiding war than getting ready for it."

In Britain (December 1944, pp. 3-6, attached), New York Herald Tribune (December 24, 1944, p. SM8, with title "English Christmas", attached).


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