After the war, he started a correspondence school, the Lincoln School of Practical Nursing, in Chicago. In 1953, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he transplanted the business and cultivated his interests in golf and jazz. Wolff wrote four books over the next dozen years.Low-Level Mission (1957) described World War II's Operation Tidal Wave against the Ploești oil fields in Romania, by the US Army Air Forces. In Flanders Field: The 1917 Campaign (1958), an account of the World War I offensive in 1917, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele. Wolff also wrote the Francis ParkmanPrize-winning-winning book Little Brown Brother (1961), originally subtitled How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century's Turn,[7] then wrote a final book, Lockout: The Story of the Homestead Strike of 1892 (1965), about the eponymous steel strike at Homestead, Pennsylvania.[8][9]
^U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007
^"Leon Wolff". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^"Little Brown Brother: How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippines". Goodreads. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^Kramer, Paul A. (December 8, 2005). "Introduction: Decolonizing the History of the Philippine–American War" (PDF). Little Brown Brother: How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century's Turn (Francis Parkman Prize ed.). pp. ix–xviii. ISBN1-58288-209-6. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^"Lockout". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
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leon, wolff, september, 1914, october, 1991, american, historian, wrote, flanders, fields, 1917, campaign, biography, editwolff, born, raised, chicago, jewish, family, wolff, traveling, salesman, bessie, billow, russian, emigrant, graduated, from, northwestern. Leon Wolff September 2 1914 October 11 1991 1 2 was an American historian who wrote In Flanders Fields The 1917 Campaign Biography editWolff was born and raised in Chicago 3 in a Jewish family the son of Abe Wolff a traveling salesman and Bessie Billow a Russian emigrant 4 5 He graduated from Northwestern University then served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II 6 After the war he started a correspondence school the Lincoln School of Practical Nursing in Chicago In 1953 he and his family moved to Los Angeles where he transplanted the business and cultivated his interests in golf and jazz Wolff wrote four books over the next dozen years Low Level Mission 1957 described World War II s Operation Tidal Wave against the Ploești oil fields in Romania by the US Army Air Forces In Flanders Field The 1917 Campaign 1958 an account of the World War I offensive in 1917 otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres or Passchendaele Wolff also wrote the Francis ParkmanPrize winning winning book Little Brown Brother 1961 originally subtitled How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century s Turn 7 then wrote a final book Lockout The Story of the Homestead Strike of 1892 1965 about the eponymous steel strike at Homestead Pennsylvania 8 9 He died in Los Angeles in 1991 1 References edit a b California Death Index 1940 1997 Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index 1871 1922 U S WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940 1947 1940 United States Federal Census U S Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936 2007 Leon Wolff University of Chicago Press Retrieved September 26 2019 Little Brown Brother How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippines Goodreads Retrieved September 26 2019 Kramer Paul A December 8 2005 Introduction Decolonizing the History of the Philippine American War PDF Little Brown Brother How the United States Purchased and Pacified the Philippine Islands at the Century s Turn Francis Parkman Prize ed pp ix xviii ISBN 1 58288 209 6 Retrieved September 26 2019 Lockout Kirkus Reviews Retrieved September 26 2019 nbsp This article about a United States writer of non fiction is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Wolff amp oldid 1138458343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
