A good idea of hell : letters from a chasseur ?a pied / / Joshua Brown, editor ; foreword by Leonard V. Smith
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| Autore: |
Pellissier Robert E (Robert Edouard), <1882-1916.>
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| Titolo: |
A good idea of hell : letters from a chasseur ?a pied / / Joshua Brown, editor ; foreword by Leonard V. Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxxi, 221 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina: | 940.4/144/092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | World War, 1914-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front | |
| Altri autori: |
BrownJoshua <1956->
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 En Route -- CHAPTER 2 Besançon -- CHAPTER 3 Vosges -- CHAPTER 4 Wounded -- CHAPTER 5 Resting -- CHAPTER 6 St.-Maixent -- CHAPTER 7 Alsace -- CHAPTER 8 Munster/Colmar -- CHAPTER 9 Somme -- APPENDIX A A Tribute by His Sister -- APPENDIX B A Colleague's Tribute -- APPENDIX C The Pellissier Memorial -- APPENDIX D Time Line of Events in the Letters -- NOTES -- INDEX. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | During World War I, Robert Pellissier spent long months with the French troops fighting in the Vosges mountains of Alsace. His letters show this ghastly experience, from the horror of being under fire to the monotony of long hours spent in the trenches. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A good idea of hell |
| ISBN: | 1-299-05280-0 |
| 1-60344-675-3 | |
| 1-58544-867-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816125603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 83.