We hope to get word tomorrow : the letters of James Louis ('J. L.") Garvin, his wife Christina and their son Roland Gerard ('Ged'), 1914-1916 / edited by Mark Pottle and John G. G. Ledingham : foreword by Hew Strachan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garvin, J. L. (James Louis), 1868-1947, author.

Garvin, Christina, 1876-1918, author.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, 1895-1916, author.

Contributor:

Pottle, Mark, editor.

Ledingham, J. G. G., editor.

Strachan, Hew, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garvin, J. L. (James Louis), 1868-1947--Correspondence.

Garvin, J. L.

Garvin, Christina, 1876-1918--Correspondence.

Garvin, Christina.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, 1895-1916--Correspondence.

Garvin, Roland Gerard.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This fascinating collection of letters traces the exchanges between a young subaltern on the front, Gerard 'Ged' Garvin, and his mother and father at home. Correspondence was eagerly awaited by all. Ged savored letters home like 'Jim Hawkins trickling the doubloons through his fingers'. Equally, his mother and father at home were always fearful that each letter they received would be the last. In a letter J. L. Garvin sent to his son 21 July 1916 he wrote: 'Of course there's no fresh letter from you and we didn't expect it. But we hope, all the same, to get word tomorrow . . .' Ged was killed

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""EDITORIAL NOTE""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""OVERVIEWS OF THE BATTLE FRONTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 - TRAINING IN ENGLAND""; ""2 - THE LYS FRONT""; ""3 - WINTER IN THE TRENCHES""; ""4 - NEW YEAR 1916""; ""5 - TRAINING FOR THE SOMME""; ""6 - THE SOMME OFFENSIVE""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""CHRONOLOGY""; ""BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES""; ""GLOSSARY - A Note on Military Usage: �Battalion, Brigade, Division�""; ""A NOTE ON PLACES""; ""A SUBALTERN�S FRONT-LINE READING""; ""A SUBALTERN�S FRONT-LINE PROVISIONS""

""SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTE ON SOURCES""""INDEX""; ""Also by""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-78303-321-5

OCLC:

854974774