David Holbrook
Pages from a diary for 1939
Private collection

Transcript:

1939 AUGUST

MONDAY 28
Rescuing a calf from the river.

TUESDAY 29
Hoss rerkin’ Bor’

WEDNESDAY 30
Grinding oats.

SPECIAL NOTE

AUGUST—SEPTEMBER 1939

THURSDAY 31
Dad comes over and shoots at rabbits

FRIDAY 1
Shooting waterhens.

SATURDAY 2
Miserable ride home

SUNDAY 3
13 after Trinity.
WAR. 11 AM. DIGGING SHELTER