Distinguished Service: Lydia Chapin Kirk, Partner in Diplomacy, 1896-1984

by Roger Kirk and Lydia Chapin Kirk

When her husband is offered the assignment of U.S. Naval attach in London in 1939, Lydia Chapin Kirk packs up her family and embarks on a lifelong journey, one in which she becomes a first hand witness to the extraordinary world events of her time. Writing first from the vantage point of a young girl in Erie, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Washington before World War I, and then with her husband in his posts as U.S. Naval officer and as U.S. Ambassador...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815608918
• ISBN13: 9780815608912
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"