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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
A unique civilian's eye-view of World War I, depicting, through
heartfelt letters from an American woman, a fascinating before and
after picture of a French community in disarray"What looked
impossible is evidently coming to pass . . . I silently returned to
my garden and sat down. War again! This time war was close by--not
war about which one can read, as one reads it in the newspapers, as
you will read it in the States, far away from it, but war right
here--if the Germans can cross the frontier.""A Hilltop on the
Marne" is a collection of letters written by Mildred Aldrich, an
American expatriate who had bought a country farmhouse near Paris
in the spring of 1914. Writing to her friends back home, she
describes her idyllic life in Huiry, the minutiae of her farmhouse
and her daily life. Ignoring the panicked pleadings of friends that
she return to the U.S. As the political situation in Europe
darkens, Aldrich stands firm in her decision to stay in France and
her village, come what may. As war breaks out she looks out over
Marne valley at the armies moving, hears the cannonade in the
distance and watches as soldiers of all nations march down the
lanes in turn. Aldrich's narrative goes on to describe the
subsequent events of the war until America's entry into the fray
and, returning to her narrative after the war, she described the
process of rebuilding local life.
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