Sooner doughboys write home : the University of Oklahoma and World War I / edited by David W. Levy ; foreword by Joseph Harroz Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levy, David W., 1937-2025, editor.

Harroz, Joseph, Jr., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Oklahoma.

World War, 1914-1918.

United States--Armed Forces--Oklahoma--History--20th century.

United States.

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

World War, 1914-1918--Europe--Personal narratives, American.

University of Oklahoma--Alumni and alumnae--History--20th century.

University of Oklahoma.

Brooks, Stratton D. (Stratton Duluth), 1869-1949--Correspondence.

Brooks, Stratton D.

Physical Description:

xiv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In November 1918, a week before the armistice ending World War I, the president of the University of Oklahoma wrote to every student, former student, and member of the faculty who had served in the military during the war. He asked each of them to write him a letter describing his experiences and impressions. This book contains a selection of more than fifty of those letters. Together with volume editor David W. Levy's introduction and annotations, the letters offer insights into what this group of young men, most of them from farms and small Oklahoma towns, saw and felt as they were thrust into a strange and often dangerous new world"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Published with the assistance of the McCasland Foundation, Duncan, Oklahoma"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806195278

0806195274

OCLC:

1458550698