Twelve Handkerchiefs
The global journey of Alice Wood Bulkeley through World War II and the twentieth century with an American Navy hero.
Joan Bulkeley Stade

ISBN: 1-880397-45-5
195 pp, appendixes, index, photos, hardcover only  $25.00.

The global journey of Alice Wood Bulkeley through World War II and the twentieth century with an American hero. By Joan Bulkeley Stade. This is a dramatic account of the life of Alice Wood Bulkeley, wife of a World War II navy hero, as told by her daughter, Joan Bulkeley Stade. A British subject born in colonial China, Alice Wood met a dashing American naval officer, John Bulkeley, and made her way from Hong Kong to New York after harrowing encounters during the savage Japanese occupation. Together for nearly sixty years, the Bulkeleys overcame the terrors and rigors of World War II and its aftermath, raised a family, and squared off against Fidel Castro at the height of the Cold War. Steeped in history, colored by vivid recollections, and peopled with world leaders and American presidents from FDR to JFK and beyond, this biography of an admiral's lady preserves a portrait of faith, character, and courage for future generations.