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Alice in France : the World War I letters of Alice M. O'Brien / edited by Nancy O'Brien Wagner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2017]Description: xvi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681340265
  • 1681340267
Subject(s):
Contents:
Alice before the war -- The war in Spring 1918, March 30 to July 13 -- Germany's last offensive, July 16 to August 6 -- The beginning of the end, August 15 to November 11 -- Alice after the war.
Scope and content: "The lively and revealing letters of a Minnesota woman who, with thousands of others, volunteered for service in World War I Europe, taking on jobs that freed men for the trenches"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 940.5 O13 Available 33111008906410
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 940.5 O13 Available 33111009228111
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

July 19, 1918: The wounded were pouring into the four Hospitals of the town. . . . We have decided to double up for a few days--half of us work at the Canteen and half at the Hospitals, taking turns. It will be hard work for awhile but everyone feels that you can't work hard enough these days.



In March 1918, twenty-six-year-old Alice O'Brien and three close friends set off from New York harbor, bound for wartime France. Unlike the soldiers aboard their ship, they were unpaid volunteers. As the daughter of a wealthy family, Alice had no need to work--no need to go to war. But she also drove her own car, was trained as an auto mechanic, spoke French, and had the passion and determination to contribute selflessly to the war effort.



Alice and her friends joined hundreds of American women serving as nurses, clerks, drivers, and canteen workers for the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other organizations. Her letters home, full of breezy gossip and telling detail, describe living conditions, attitudes and actions of French soldiers and civilians, and her own remarkable efforts near the front. Alice was brave and funny, proud and jingoistic, privileged and unassuming, and Alice made a difference in France.

"The lively and revealing letters of a Minnesota woman who, with thousands of others, volunteered for service in World War I Europe, taking on jobs that freed men for the trenches"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alice before the war -- The war in Spring 1918, March 30 to July 13 -- Germany's last offensive, July 16 to August 6 -- The beginning of the end, August 15 to November 11 -- Alice after the war.

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