World War Two Envelope Art of Cecile Cowdery($5.95Value)

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The heart warming, illustrated, true love story of the exceptionally talented wife of an American GI who sent her husband a letter in a beautifully illustrated envelope every day while he was in military training with the 4th Armored Division and the 77th Infantry Division. Cecile Cowdery's long-forgotten attic treasure is now a magnificent book. With humor and poignancy, Cecile's unique envelope art summons up another era. After 50 years, the subtle but radiant pencil colors retain their astonishing freshness. (Dennis Dalman, The Echo, Alexandria MN (daily)) -- Dennis Dalman, The Echo, Alexandria MN (daily) Robin Berg was born in 1951 in the USA, and works as a muralist and illustrator. One of the first people to see the surviving envelopes of Ccile Cowdery, she decided to present them in book form.