A letter from a 最新杏吧原创 solider stationed in China during World War II sits on the table at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025. Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, has written a book on the letters sent home to 最新杏吧原创 by soldiers, sailors and others during the war. 聽
Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, flips through an issue of the Wagner Electric Victory News at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025. Gordon has written a book on the letters that 最新杏吧原创 soldiers sent back home during World War II.
Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, flips through a notebook full of letters written by a World War II solider from 最新杏吧原创 at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025.聽
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If you go
What: Christopher Alan Gordon talking about and signing copies of 鈥淟etters Home from World War II: 最新杏吧原创; Messages of Hope and Heartbreak from the Front Lines鈥
When: 6 p.m. Nov. 11; 7 p.m. Nov. 19
Where: Nov. 11 at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave.; Nov. 19 at St. Charles City-County Library, 77 Boone Hills Dr., St. Peters
How much: Free, but registration required for both events
More info: left-bank.com/event/christopher-gordon-letters-home-st-louis-world-war-ii; stcharles.librarycalendar.com/event/hold-ays-225699
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A letter from a 最新杏吧原创 solider stationed in China during World War II sits on the table at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025. Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, has written a book on the letters sent home to 最新杏吧原创 by soldiers, sailors and others during the war. 聽
Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, flips through an issue of the Wagner Electric Victory News at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025. Gordon has written a book on the letters that 最新杏吧原创 soldiers sent back home during World War II.
Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library and collections at the Missouri Historical Society, flips through a notebook full of letters written by a World War II solider from 最新杏吧原创 at the Missouri History Library in 最新杏吧原创, on Oct. 22, 2025.聽
