This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... print--and from the letters of others, the nature and quality of his work as a soldier, and the personal characteristics which made him so distinctive a figure in the eyes of those with whom he came in contact, may readily be inferred. On the day before reaching Liverpool he wrote, in a letter to his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... print--and from the letters of others, the nature and quality of his work as a soldier, and the personal characteristics which made him so distinctive a figure in the eyes of those with whom he came in contact, may readily be inferred. On the day before reaching Liverpool he wrote, in a letter to his parents: "If you ever want to appreciate your family and friends, just try a three-thousand-mile trip across the ocean in a rotten little tub, a huge life preserver with you every minute, and a feeling every minute that you may have to swim for it, and the water looking oh! so cold, to say nothing of the glorious future of participating in an allied drive in the spring which may bring you glory and martyrdom; I wonder how I like to be a martyr; my chief occupation on the trip has been one long attempt to persuade myself I 'll like it." Landed in France, he wrote cheerfully from an officer's club, where one of his friends was "trying out his French (and it's awful, too)" on a French officer: "I'm going over in a minute to join him, and I've got a speech all planned. I shall start out with Je park le francais aussi, mon vieux; je parlais autrefois un peu quand je fus jeune? How's that, Ma, do you think I 'll get away with it?... Mes sentiments bien respectueux d votre mari, et tous les petitsJtls andJilles.."'. i? i In less than two weeks he was writing again: "Sunday, November 25 "I wonder if K. told you that I'm now in a different town, about 12 miles away from my old one, in command of a fatigue detail of 62 men; Major Donovan was darn nice to let me have it, and if I don't manage it well I shall never be able to look him in the face again. It is hard work but wonderfully interesting for me because at last I'm on my own hook, and have a lot...
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Add this copy of Oliver Ames, Jr., 1895-1918 to cart. $44.63, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Wentworth Press.
