From Arts Council | Park City & Summit County Six Weeks for Boat Mail is the second in the WWII era trilogy, written by local author Bonnie Park and based on years of correspondence between her parents. “To me,” says Park, “these letters are their most significant legacy. I am grateful for the opportunity to […]
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Park City/Summit County Arts Council profiles Brides of 1941. Read the entire article here. Founded in 1986, the Park City Summit County Arts Council is one of the oldest arts and culture organizations in Park City.
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Bonnie sat down with Randy in early December on the Local View radio show. Here’s the transcript of their lively discussion.
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When Bonnie Bedford Park discovered a box of letters that her parents and grandparents sent to each other back in the 1930s and 1940s, she had no idea the correspondences would inspire her new book, “Brides of 1941.” Read the entire interview at The Park Record.
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Park City’s local public radio station, KPCW, talks with Bonnie Bedford Park about her book, Brides of 1941, a family history covering three generations of women woven together from letters discovered in the back of a closet. Listen now
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In February 1934, T. Wayne and Dr. Lelia Skinner leave their three children behind in North America. Lelia’s hand-wringing letters from “Campamento Americano,” the residential section of a Chilean mining camp, describe an over-worked existence. The Skinners commit to keep up with the expense of three college educations. It is through her candid correspondence Lelia
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