The Quirky Courting Correspondence Of A Sea Going Man And Related Ephemera

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

1931-34. The bulk of this correspondence, 40-plus letters, was written by George J. Andrews, a U.S. merchant marine sailor, writing to Jeanne Paul, 1931-1934; our research indicates Jeanne Paul’s name was a shortened alias of Genevieve Paulukonis of Brooklyn, NY; with supporting evidence of this conjecture here. Mr. Andrews writes of ‘gathering data’ on his various trips & sea voyages; the ultimate purpose of these researches is unclear. His use of the language is good and

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