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Out Here at the Front – The World War I Letters of Nora Saltonstall

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Out Here at the Front – The World War I Letters of Nora SaltonstallOut Here at the Front - The World War I Letters of Nora Saltonstall by Nora Saltonstall
ISBN: 1555535984
Published by Northeastern University Press on February 19th 2004
Pages: 312

Len's Summary: Wartime letters of the younger sister of Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall, himself a WWI veteran, and member of a politically and socially prominent family. Miss Saltonstall was an American Red Cross volunteer serving in the British sector at the time of the German spring offensives.

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Dear Family: Letters from the Mexican Border Campaign and the Great War in France

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Dear Family: Letters from the Mexican Border Campaign and the Great War in FranceDear Family: Letters from the Mexican Border Campaign and the Great War in France by Shawn Pease
ISBN: 9781257258093
Published by Lulu.com on August 18th 2011
Pages: 99

Len's Summary: First of a series on the letters home from the son of a working class National Guardsman of the 26th (Yankee) Division from Newton, Massachusetts who also served in France and in WWII.

An Airman’s Wife

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An Airman’s WifeAn Airman's Wife by Aimée McHardy
ISBN: 1904010962
Published by Grub Street on July 1st 2005
Pages: 315

Len's Summary: Letters of British air ace Bill Bond to his wife.

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The Unwanted: Great War Letters from the Field

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The Unwanted: Great War Letters from the FieldThe Unwanted: Great War Letters from the Field by John McKendrick Hughes
ISBN: 0888644361
Published by University of Alberta Press on May 19th 2001
Pages: 416

Len's Summary: Highlights the efforts of the BEF to cultivate abandoned land back of the front lines in France and Flanders. Written by a Canadian officer closely involved in this project beginning in 1917.

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About Face: A Daughter Looks Back at a Soldier and the Great War

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About Face: A Daughter Looks Back at a Soldier and the Great WarAbout Face: A Daughter Looks Back at a Soldier and the Great War by Eleanor Elliot Brownell
ISBN: 9780967978406
Published by World War I Press on 2000
Pages: 113

Len's Summary: The story of the campaign of soldier of the Fourth Division, AEF, in France based on his letters home.

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An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War

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An Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by WarAn Airman’s Wife: A True Story of Lovers Separated by War by Aimée McHardy
ISBN: 1904943942
Published by Grub Street on October 1st 2007
Pages: 315

Len's Summary: The correspondence of Aimée McHardy and Captain William Bond.

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Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France

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Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I FranceLetters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France by William C. Harvey, Avery Wolfe
ISBN: 1932033947
Published by Casemate Publishers on December 2009
Pages: 240

Len's Summary: The diary and letters of Avery Royce Wolfe recounting his service as a volunteer ambulance driver with the American Field Service near Verdun and with French occupation forces in the Rhineland from June 1917 to April 1919. Excellent photos taken by Avery Wolfe illustrate this volume. // Letters of a volunteer ambulance driver in the French army at Verdun and during the Ludendorff offensives of 1918. // Letters of an American volunteer ambulance driver in the French Army.

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At War with the 16th Irish Division, 1914-1918: The Letters of J H M Staniforth

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At War with the 16th Irish Division, 1914-1918: The Letters of J H M StaniforthAt War with the 16th Irish Division, 1914-1918: The Letters of J H M Staniforth by John Staniforth, Richard Grayson
ISBN: 9781848846340
on November 2012
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, Literary Collections, Letters
Pages: 256

Len's Summary: Graphic and evocative record of a soldier’s life.

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