Goodbye Carrie I Must Leave You

A Window Into Love Marriage Family And War At The Start Of The Twentieth Century This Book Presents Original Letters From A British Army Sergeant To His Young Wife. Some Written In Bermuda In 1899 Cover The Couples Courtship Engagement Marriage And Migration To England. Others Are From South Africa Where James Hill Served From 1900 To 1902 In The South African War. He Seeks To Reassure His Wife Carrie Of His Safety And Expresses His Concerns For Her. Carrie Newly Arrived In Britain Stayed With Her Paternal Grandparents Near Chatham Where Her First Child Was Born In 1900. She Treasured The Letters For The Rest Of Her Life. Carries Own Voice Is Silent. Her Feelings Preoccupations Tasks And Entertainments Are Mediated By Jim As He Responds To The Contents Of Her Letters In His Replies. The Silence Of Her Destroyed Letters Compounds Her Lifelong Verbal Silence About Her Early Life In Bermuda. The Letters And Background Commentary Will Explore Family Relationships And The Impact Of Migration Across Continents At A Time When Gendered Roles Were Assumed To Be Fixed But In Reality Had To Be Negotiated.