Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's Disillustions]
de Kimmel, Stanley ; (1894 -1982)
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- Librería
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Gothic Publishing Co. Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. 94 pages; New York: Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. 94 pages; Clean and secure in original black wrappers with red lettering, tiny chip at bottom corner of yapped wrappers, minor wear at head of spine. A native of Southern Illinois, Stanley Kimmel, known for "The Mad Booths of Maryland" and other historical works on the Civil War, was a talented World War I era poet, an ambulance driver and friend of Ernest Hemingway. Kimmel served on the Western Front in WW1 and in this memoir affectingly describes the brutalities of war. OCLC 3315674 Stanley wrote: "In those days the French Government allowed only five days from the time you entered France to get into uniform. So I met another American who was driving ambulances for the Army and as my five days were running out, I became an ambulance driver. " Originally serialized in The Overland Monthly. .; Literature, Military History, Most Recent Listing .
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- Librería
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 44839
- Título
- Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's Disillustions]
- Autor
- Kimmel, Stanley ; (1894 -1982)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Gothic Publishing Co
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1922
- Palabras clave
- World War I, Personal Memoirs, Carnage Of War, World War I Poets
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography and Autobiography;
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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