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From The Western Front To Salonika: A French Soldier Writes Home (1914-1918)
C Labaume-Howard
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Description for From The Western Front To Salonika: A French Soldier Writes Home (1914-1918)
Paperback. Editor(s): Labaume-Howard, Catherine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 102 photos, drawings & maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 414.
The book's editor, Catherine Labaume-Howard, found 300 of her grandfather's letters in an old potato sack when a family home was sold. The author of the letters, Pierre Suberviolle, was from Montauban in the South of France. He joined the army on 7 August 1914, without his father's permission, when he was only 17. He wrote to his family (and particularly to his mother) regularly during the next 51 months. Mobilised as a car and truck driver, he fought on the Western and Northern Fronts of France. Soldiers normally did not say exactly where their letters were from, but Pierre ... Read more
The book's editor, Catherine Labaume-Howard, found 300 of her grandfather's letters in an old potato sack when a family home was sold. The author of the letters, Pierre Suberviolle, was from Montauban in the South of France. He joined the army on 7 August 1914, without his father's permission, when he was only 17. He wrote to his family (and particularly to his mother) regularly during the next 51 months. Mobilised as a car and truck driver, he fought on the Western and Northern Fronts of France. Soldiers normally did not say exactly where their letters were from, but Pierre ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Solihull, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911096283
SKU
V9781911096283
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About C Labaume-Howard
Catherine Labaume-Howard was born in Montauban (in Southern France) in the home of her grandfather, Pierre Suberviolle. She studied Business and English in Paris; then spent three years in the USA studying English, teaching French and marrying an American. In 1986, she accidentally discovered the letters her grandfather had written as a young soldier between 1914 and 1918. Once retired, ... Read more
Reviews for From The Western Front To Salonika: A French Soldier Writes Home (1914-1918)
This translation is a worthwhile addition to the short list of works on the French at war...written in English.
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