{"product_id":"dearest-mama-william-s-walker-9781643365022","title":"Dearest Mama: The Lost Letters of a Fallen Soldier and the Stories of Those He Left Behind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam S. Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher \"Bud\" Blanton. Blanton had been killed fighting in Europe during World War II before Walker was born. Walker had heard stories about Bud, but for most of his life his uncle had existed only as a faded memory. That path changed when Walker opened a dusty cabinet forgotten in his garage attic and found a paper sack and a note in his father's handwriting that read, \"Go through before you throw away.\" The bag was filled with family photos, correspondence, and a collection of letters and postcards that his uncle Bud had written to his family during his time on the frontline as a US Army infantryman in Europe. The first letter he pulled from the bag opened with the line, \"Dearest Mama.\" Walker's \u003ci\u003eDearest Mama\u003c\/i\u003e is Bud Blanton's story. More than that it is a deeply personal family chronicle that resonates for all those left behind when servicemembers do not return home from combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William S. Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643365029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643365022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"William S. Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070437216511,"sku":"9781643365022","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79fb6e31-5521-4a3f-b6cb-e058b13d8ed1.jpg?v=1724243262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dearest-mama-william-s-walker-9781643365022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}