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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
1918. Read them-and live with the Rookie through all his
perplexities, through all his amusements, through all his work,
live with him and laugh with him-and at him! For genuine humor
nothing written in recent years surpasses them. Streeter and Breck
were both with the American Expeditionary force in France when this
was written.
1919. From the author of Dere Mable and Love Letters of a Rookie.
From the dust jacket: Here's the immortal Bill again and -still the
same old Bill! He's just getting the finishing touches to his
military education-his rookie days are over-and he's piling up a
heap of amusement for himself (and for others!) in the last hectic
days before his departure overseas. His final letters to Dere Mable
from camp, and his inimitable ones from the transport, are one long
laugh. There's no let-up of uproarious humor from first page to
last.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
Dere Moble: Its so foggy that we cant fire at the range. I dont see
what difference that makes though. I havnt seen nothin since we
started but a bunch of trees in front of the guns. Im goin to rite
you a letter if the top sargent dont remember that he aint put me
on no detail. We leave the guns out all night. Just sos well have
somethin more to guard I guess. Were supposed to take turns
guarding. As far as I can make out that means me and the rest of
the battery altercate every other night. I suppose they think some
of the mountin ears is goin to take one of the guns and go drivin
with it. Angus MacKenzie, the sketch fello, says they have to guard
em sos they wont go off. That sounds kind of silly to me though,
Mable. I been raisin a mustash. That is I was till yesterday when I
cut it off while I was shavin and thinkin of you. I was sorry cause
it was comin good. You could see it as plain as day with the naked
eye. (Thats just an expreshun, Mable.) In a couple of places I
could catch hold of it. They say nothin grows very good down here,
"IF THE TOP SARGENT DONT REMEMBER" though, but cotton. I guess 111
wait until I get to France. The Lieutenant told us today that when
we got over there wed all have to read meters. I cant see what
thats got to do with artillery. That used to be Max Glucoses
business though. Hes teaching me how. He thinks maybe if we study
theyll make us meter spechulists. Spechulists dont have to get up
so early. Angus says he thinks they put meters on the gas shells.
That shows how systumatic they are. And they say there goin to give
us Infield rifles. I think they got it mixed up with base ball. It
seems as though when you join the artillery you join everything
else at the same time. I suppose the next thing theyll do is learn
us a little navi...
1919. From the author of Dere Mable and Love Letters of a Rookie.
From the dust jacket: Here's the immortal Bill again and -still the
same old Bill! He's just getting the finishing touches to his
military education-his rookie days are over-and he's piling up a
heap of amusement for himself (and for others!) in the last hectic
days before his departure overseas. His final letters to Dere Mable
from camp, and his inimitable ones from the transport, are one long
laugh. There's no let-up of uproarious humor from first page to
last.
1918. Read them-and live with the Rookie through all his
perplexities, through all his amusements, through all his work,
live with him and laugh with him-and at him! For genuine humor
nothing written in recent years surpasses them. Streeter and Breck
were both with the American Expeditionary force in France when this
was written.
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