Author: Carleton CasePublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040543565
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Stories from the Trenches: Humorous and Lively Doings of Our 'Boys Over There'
Author: Carleton CasePublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040543565
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Stories from the Trenches: Humorous and Lively Doings of Our 'Boys Over There'
Author: Carleton B. CasePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"Stories from the Trenches" by Carleton B. Case provides insight into the dreadful life of the men in the trenches. Naturally, there are wartime horrors that those who have lived through them will retain to themselves. The 25 selected letters are primarily about American soldiers during the United States officially entering the war and after that, with brief jokes interspersed to break the tension. Excerpt: "ONE of the strangest of the many personal romances which the war has brought is the tale of a man who, dismissed from the British Army by court martial, redeemed himself through service with that most heterogeneous of organizations, the French Foreign Legion. His name was John F. Elkington, and he had held an honored post for more than thirty years. Then, just as his regiment, in the closing months of 1914, was going into the fighting on the Western front, he was cashiered for an unrevealed error and deprived of the opportunity to serve his country."
The United States Catalog
Author: Eleanor E. HawkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2222
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2076
Book Description
Tommy French
Author: Julian WalkerPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526765934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
‘Napoo’, ‘compray’, ‘san fairy ann’, ‘toot sweet’ are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War as British troops struggled to communicate in French. Over four years of war they created an extraordinary slang which reflects the period and brings the conflict to mind whenever it is heard today. Julian Walker, in this original and meticulously researched book, explores the subject in fascinating detail. In the process he gives us an insight into the British soldiers’ experience in France during the war and the special language they invented in order to cope with their situation. He shows how French place-names were anglicized as were words for food and drink, and he looks at what these slang terms tell us about the soldiers’ perception of France, their relationship with the French and their ideas of home. He traces the spread of ‘Tommy French’ back to the Home Front, where it was popularized in songs and on postcards, and looks at the French reaction to the anglicization of their language.
Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
Author: