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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812502003321

Autore

Rinehart Mary Roberts

Titolo

Kings, queens, and pawns : an American woman at the front / / Mary Roberts Rinehart ; introduction by Rick Rinehart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-63076-096-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Disciplina

940.48173

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Kings, Queens, And Pawns ; CONTENTS ; FOR KING AND COUNTRY ; I. TAKING A CHANCE ; II. ""SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"" ; III. LA PANNE ; IV. ""'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY"" ; V. A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS ; VI. THE CAUSE ; VII. THE STORY WITH AN END ; VIII. THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK ; IX. NO MAN'S LAND ; X. THE IRON DIVISION ; XI. AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER ; XII. NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES ; XIII. ""WIPERS"" ; XIV. LADY DECIES' STORY ; XV. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE ; XVI. THE MAN OF YPRES ; XVII. IN THE LINE OF THE ""MITRAILLEUSE"" ; XVIII. FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION ; XIX. ""I NIBBLE THEM""

XX. DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL XXI. TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS ; XXII. THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT ; XXIII. THE LITTLE ""SICK AND SORRY"" HOUSE ; XXIV. FLIGHT ; XXV. VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS ; XXVI. A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS ; XXVII. A STRANGE PARTY ; XXVIII. SIR JOHN FRENCH ; XXIX. ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD ; XXX. THE MILITARY SECRET ; XXXI. QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND ; XXXII. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS ; XXXIII. THE RED BADGE OF MERCY ; XXXIV. IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH ; XXXV. THE LOSING GAME ; XXXVI. HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP ; XXXVII. AN ARMY OF CHILDREN