Books in Camp, Trench and Hospital

Books in Camp, Trench and Hospital

Author: Koch Theodore Wesley

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022009097

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

During World War I, Theodore Wesley Koch served as a librarian with the American Library Association, bringing books and reading materials to soldiers in the field. This memoir details his experiences and the impact that books had on the morale and well-being of the troops. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Reading and the First World War

Reading and the First World War

Author: Shafquat Towheed

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1137302712

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ranging from soldiers reading newspapers at the front to authors' responses to the war, this book sheds new light on the reading habits and preferences of men and women, combatants and civilians, during the First World War. This is the first study of the conflict from the perspective of readers.