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Kings, Queens, and Pawns : An American Woman at the Front.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (388 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781630760960
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kings, Queens, and PawnsDDC classification:
  • 940.48173
LOC classification:
  • D640 -- .R564 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Kings, Queens, And Pawns -- CONTENTS -- FOR KING AND COUNTRY -- I. TAKING A CHANCE -- II. "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE -- III. LA PANNE -- IV. "'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY -- V. A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS -- VI. THE CAUSE -- VII. THE STORY WITH AN END -- VIII. THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK -- IX. NO MAN'S LAND -- X. THE IRON DIVISION -- XI. AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER -- XII. NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES -- XIII. "WIPERS -- XIV. LADY DECIES' STORY -- XV. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE -- XVI. THE MAN OF YPRES -- XVII. IN THE LINE OF THE "MITRAILLEUSE -- XVIII. FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION -- XIX. "I NIBBLE THEM -- XX. DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL -- XXI. TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS -- XXII. THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT -- XXIII. THE LITTLE "SICK AND SORRY" HOUSE -- XXIV. FLIGHT -- XXV. VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS -- XXVI. A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS -- XXVII. A STRANGE PARTY -- XXVIII. SIR JOHN FRENCH -- XXIX. ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD -- XXX. THE MILITARY SECRET -- XXXI. QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND -- XXXII. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS -- XXXIII. THE RED BADGE OF MERCY -- XXXIV. IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH -- XXXV. THE LOSING GAME -- XXXVI. HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP -- XXXVII. AN ARMY OF CHILDREN.
Summary: In 1914, journalist and mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart traveled to Europe alone to cover World War I for the Saturday EveningPost. This collection of her writing encompasses her observations on her travels--from meeting Winston Churchill to traveling to the English and French front lines as the first correspondent permitted there.
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Kings, Queens, And Pawns -- CONTENTS -- FOR KING AND COUNTRY -- I. TAKING A CHANCE -- II. "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE -- III. LA PANNE -- IV. "'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY -- V. A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS -- VI. THE CAUSE -- VII. THE STORY WITH AN END -- VIII. THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK -- IX. NO MAN'S LAND -- X. THE IRON DIVISION -- XI. AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER -- XII. NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES -- XIII. "WIPERS -- XIV. LADY DECIES' STORY -- XV. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE -- XVI. THE MAN OF YPRES -- XVII. IN THE LINE OF THE "MITRAILLEUSE -- XVIII. FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION -- XIX. "I NIBBLE THEM -- XX. DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL -- XXI. TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS -- XXII. THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT -- XXIII. THE LITTLE "SICK AND SORRY" HOUSE -- XXIV. FLIGHT -- XXV. VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS -- XXVI. A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS -- XXVII. A STRANGE PARTY -- XXVIII. SIR JOHN FRENCH -- XXIX. ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD -- XXX. THE MILITARY SECRET -- XXXI. QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND -- XXXII. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS -- XXXIII. THE RED BADGE OF MERCY -- XXXIV. IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH -- XXXV. THE LOSING GAME -- XXXVI. HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP -- XXXVII. AN ARMY OF CHILDREN.

In 1914, journalist and mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart traveled to Europe alone to cover World War I for the Saturday EveningPost. This collection of her writing encompasses her observations on her travels--from meeting Winston Churchill to traveling to the English and French front lines as the first correspondent permitted there.

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