A Good Idea of Hell : Letters from a Chasseur à Pied.
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- 9781603446754
- 940.4/144/092;B
- D640.P384 -- A3 2003eb
Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 En Route -- CHAPTER 2 Besançon -- CHAPTER 3 Vosges -- CHAPTER 4 Wounded -- CHAPTER 5 Resting -- CHAPTER 6 St.-Maixent -- CHAPTER 7 Alsace -- CHAPTER 8 Munster/Colmar -- CHAPTER 9 Somme -- APPENDIX A A Tribute by His Sister -- APPENDIX B A Colleague's Tribute -- APPENDIX C The Pellissier Memorial -- APPENDIX D Time Line of Events in the Letters -- NOTES -- INDEX.
During World War I, Robert Pellissier spent long months with the French troops fighting in the Vosges mountains of Alsace. His letters show this ghastly experience, from the horror of being under fire to the monotony of long hours spent in the trenches.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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