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William S. Kurtz
William S. Kurtz has collected and edited the wartime correspondence of his cousin, John Burnham Shaw, in a book called Letters from a Soldier. The letters, which begin with Shaw's basic training in 1943 and follow him through the harrowing Battle of the Bulge to his turn for home in 1945, provide an intimate history of one man's service in World War II. Kurtz is also the author of Ben's Tale, the first in a series of children's books called the "Animal Post Office," based on traditions in the islands of northern Lake Huron. |