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A good idea of hell : letters from a chasseur à pied / Joshua Brown, editor ; foreword by Leonard V. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pellissier, Robert E. (Robert Edouard), 1882-1916.
- Series:
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 83.
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 83
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pellissier, Robert E. (Robert Edouard), 1882-1916--Correspondence.
- Pellissier, Robert E.
- France. Arm?ee--Non-commissioned officers--Correspondence.
- France.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, French.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 221 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05280-0
- 1-60344-675-3
- 1-58544-867-2
- OCLC:
- 842997044
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