Excerpt: ...nobody go near him on acct. of him being such a bum and Red says he heard that for a while after we got here they had to chase this bird under the shower bath with a bayonet and he done most of his drilling in the guard house. So finely his captain told him he wouldn't stand for no more of his monkey business and he would call him up in front of the court marshall if he didn't behave himself. So then Chambers says all right he would make a new start and sure enough he cut it all out and begin to take a pride in ...
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Excerpt: ...nobody go near him on acct. of him being such a bum and Red says he heard that for a while after we got here they had to chase this bird under the shower bath with a bayonet and he done most of his drilling in the guard house. So finely his captain told him he wouldn't stand for no more of his monkey business and he would call him up in front of the court marshall if he didn't behave himself. So then Chambers says all right he would make a new start and sure enough he cut it all out and begin to take a pride in himself and got the drills down pat and kept clean and his captain wanted to show him it payed to be a man and he made a corporal out of him. Well Al you can't break the rules when you are a corporal no more than a private but this bird went to Chi the day before yesterday on a leave and he was supposed to be back at 11 p.m. last night but he don't show till 2 a.m. and he was all lit up like the City of Benton Harbor and of course the guard nailed him and he got called up before his captain and he busted him and I don't mean he cracked him in the jaw but when a man gets busted in the army it means you get reduced to a private. So I said to Red what a sucker this bird was and Red says maybe he wanted to get busted because a corporal has got such a load on their shoulders that lots of men would rather be a private. So I said it must be a fine kind of a man that would turn down a job in the army because it was a tough job and Red says "Yes but everybody ain't like you and some men don't want no responsibility but you are one of the kind that the more they have the better they like it and everybody could see you was a born leader the way you acted in that trench drill today." So I suppose after all a man like Chambers has no business in a job like corporal because it is a cinch nobody would ever call him a born leader unless it was in the gin league but still a person would think he would try and behave himself after the captain give him that...
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (World War 1, Humor, Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Frank Crerie. Very Good. No Jacket. Book 1918 Bobbs-Merrill FIRST ed. second issue with the poem on page 6. This book is in VG condition. No DJ. The front pastedown is still vivid in color with the orange-red soldier and orange-red & black printing on a deep beige background. There are some small dried brownish stains but they are quite small. The deep green boards have minimal wear, mostly some rubs at the spine ends. The interior is very nice and clean with the merest of page darkening save for a bit on the ffep. A very tight clean collectible!
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Very Good in good jacket. First edition, second issue with 18-line poem on p. 6. Book very good with light smoky mustiness, jacket good with some wear and chipping, bit of splitting along spine but mainly complete and quite attractive in a jacket protector.
