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Jack Woodville London

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Jack Woodville London is the author of French Letters: Children of a Good War, the winner of the 2018 Gold Medal for Fiction Book of the Year in war and military fiction, as well as other novels, non-fiction, and articles on history and literature.

He studied the craft of fiction at the Academy of Fiction, St. Céré, France and at Oxford University. He was the first Author of the Year of the Military Writers Society of America and has become its Director of Writing Education.

His French Letters trilogy of novels are Virginia’s War, Engaged in War, and Children of a Good War. They are widely praised for their portrayals of America in the 1940s, both at home and in Europe in the Second World War, and afterward as America evolved from its wartim ...more

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	French Letters Virginia's War 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	French Letters Engaged in War 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	French Letters Children of a Good War 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Novel Approach: To Writing Your First Book by Jack Woodville London (Goodreads Author), Mindy Reed (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Honor Collection (French Letters #1-2) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Welcome to On the Nightstand, where I report on the books that are, well, on my nightstand. I rate books on bedside lamp watts. A 100 watt book will keep me awake deep into the night. A 20 watt book puts me right to sleep. And, since it is still winter, a lot of the books on my nightstand have had to do with dark, cold, and very icy places. So, without more ado, here is this edition On the Ni

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The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America

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The Importance of Being Earnest

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My Early Life, 1874-1904

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