| Description |
x, 315 pages [13 pages] of plates : portraits, plans, facsimile ; 20 cm |
| Note |
London edition (Putnam) has title: From the fire step. |
| Contents |
From mufti to khaki -- Blighty to rest billets -- I go to church -- "Into the trench" -- Mud, rats, and shells -- "Back of the line" -- Rations -- The little wooden cross -- Suicide annex -- "The day's work" -- Over the top -- Bombing -- My first official bath -- Picks and shovels -- Listing post -- Battery D 238 -- Out in front -- Staged under fire -- On his own -- "Chats with Fritz" -- About turn -- Punishments and machine-gun stunts -- Gas attacks and spies -- The firing squad -- Preparing for the big push -- All quiet (?) on the Western Front -- Blighty -- "Tommy" dictionary of the trenches". |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
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English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries.
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| Added Title |
Tommy's dictionary of the trenches |
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