Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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GLC#
GLC09120.215
Type
Letters
Date
10 April 1943
Author/Creator
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Title
to Estelle Spero
Place Written
Shreveport, Louisiana
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Diamond tells Estelle that the following day he shall turn twenty-one, and that to mark the occasion he has been inflicted by a bad case of diarrhea. Sidney compares democracy to a map cause, in that when things are easy, people are "prone to get slovenly". He tells Estelle that he has "grown up". He also discusses the "halavah" that his mother had sent him, expressing surprise that people had never heard of this "new delicacy from Russia manufactured in 'New York, N.Y., U.S.A'

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