"A Medium in Which I Seek Relief": Manuscripts and Letters of American Sailors, circa 1920s-1940s
"These notes are not written through the motive of conceit, imagining that my life is more interesting than thousands nay, millions of others which have gone before. There is no attempt at style or literary effort. There may be no continuity, or order. It is merely a medium in which I seek relief."
-Cecil Northrop, from Preface to 1923/1924 diary "Me: With Apologies to R. Haggard."