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Happy Days! A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919

Door Alban B. Butler Jr.

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#253510
Titel
Happy Days! A Humorous Narrative in Drawings of the Progress of American Arms 1917-1919
Auteur
Butler Jr., Alban B.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
184908629X
ISBN13
9781849086295
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Richly illustrated in b/w.
Samenvatting

Originally published on the ten-year anniversary of the end of World War I, Happy Days! features a collection of more than 100 original cartoons drawn by noted illustrator Captain. Alban B. Butler, Jr., who served as aide-de-camp for Major General Charles Pelot Summerall in 1918. Butler chronicled his tour of duty by creating scores of cartoons that capture life in the trenches of World War I. Butler's cartoons reveal the stress, struggles, and situations that soldiers dealt with every day. From coping with language barriers, foreign foods, and alien customs to waiting for the German offensive and fighting in the trenches, Butler captures the tenor of life for American GI's during the Great War. Descriptive captions accompany each of Butler's panels, helping to put the images into contex
... (Lees verder)t. The book features an original foreword by Major General Summerall. and this edition will include a new preface from the First Division Museum.
Pagina's
110
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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