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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101844152332
ISBN-139781844152339
eBay Product ID (ePID)46865521
Product Key Features
Book TitleLaurence Attwell's Letters from the Front
Number of Pages222 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicMilitary / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General, Military
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorW. A. Attwell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-373862
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.48141
SynopsisIn his extraordinary letters to his family Attwell graphically recounts what life was like for the ordinary infantry soldier on active duty on the western front in World War I., Lawrence Attwell was one of the lucky ones, surviving over four years of trench warfare on the Western Front. During that time he had two short periods of leave. In his extraordinary series of letters to his family he graphically recounts what life was like for the ordinary infantry soldier on active duty. We learn of the conditions, the discipline, the courage, the fear and the reactions of the writer and his fellows. Attwell was in the Prince of Wales Own, Civil Service Rifles., Lawrence Attwell was one of the lucky ones, surviving over four years of trench warfare on the Western Front. During that time he had two short periods of leave.In his extraordinary series of letters to his family he graphically recounts what life was like for the ordinary infantry soldier on active duty. We learn of the conditions, the discipline, the courage, the fear and the reactions of the writer and his fellows. Attwell was in the Prince of Wales Own, Civil Service Rifles.