Baghdad Letters

Baghdad Letters ?Is A Collection Of Correspondence Journals And Photographs Compiled By A Young Couple From Texas In Iraq From September1966 To May 1967. From The Book: Baghdad Preferred Professors With A Texas Accent Since The Iraqis Had Problems Understanding The Oil Field Personnel Working There Most Of Whom Were From Places Like Odessa Texas. On The Flight From London I Told A British Soldier 'I'M Going To Baghdad To Teach English.' He Threw His Head Back And Laughed 'My God You Don'T Even Speak It!' He Said. This Isn'T Just A Different Culture Or Even Civilization. It Is A Different Time A Different World. In The Desert At Midnight We Came Upon A Road Block. An Iraqi Soldier With A Machine Gun Shined A Light In Our Faces And Filthy Troops Crowded Around The Car To Look At Us. 'Where You Go?' 'Baghdad' I Said. 'La' (No) He Said Looking At Carole 'You Stay Tonight With Me.' I Tried Not To Show The Jolt Of Fear That Went Through Me. But The Women Are Getting College Degrees Even Going Into Engineering I'Ve Heard- My Students May Be The First And Someday Things May Change.