Until I Come Home: Love Letters From the War, 1918-1919 - Paperback

by Paul N. Spellman (Author)

True story of Roscoe and Vera Diamond Chittim, the world that brought them together in Texas, and the world war that separated them for two years. During Roscoe's service in the U. S. Army during World War I, he and Vera wrote each other long and often passionate love letters, giving the reader a glimpse into the world of the early 1900s. Roscoe, a Missouri-born Cherokee Indian, met and married Dallas socialite Vera Diamond in 1917, and one year later was drafted into the Army. He overcame the deadly pandemic flu and the barrage of war in France to return to his beloved, but tragically lost his life to another diease only four years later. The dozens of letters Vera kept offer a glimpse into their world that is both intimate and at the same time revealing of the culture of the times.

Author Biography

Paul N. Spellman is Professor of History at Wharton County Junior College in Richmond, Texas. A popular speaker on Texas History around the state, Spellman has published six other works, including SPINDLETOP BOOM DAYS on the early oil industry, OLD 300: GONE TO TEXAS, the story of the early settlements in Texas, and Texas Ranger biographies of Captain John H. Rogers and Captain J. A. Brooks.