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Bezig met laden... The Wipers Timesdoor Malcolm Brown
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I watched a BBC TV adaptation of The Wipers Times a couple of years ago and saw the stage show a few weeks back. I enjoyed them both, but have to confess that the magazine itself failed to win me over. Despite helpful notes and a glossary of place names much of the newspaper went over my head; there was a surfeit of rather samey poetry and some of the featured articles (eg Herlock Sholmes) I found plain boring. I gave up reading after 90+ pages. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In February 1916, Captain F. J. Roberts of the British Expeditionary Force produced the first edition of The Wipers Times. Usually produced in hazardous conditions--at one point production was only 700 yards from the front line--it acted as the voice of the average soldier as it relayed his experiences, grief, and anger. Articles were written by soldiers during their limited free time while in dugouts, reserve lines, or on rest, and were paired with poetry and jokes as well as comical advertisements and music hall parodies. Recreated here in facsimile are every volume of The Times up through its last issue, released after the end of the war in December 1918. Sometimes irreverent and often hysterical, the humor and satire of these papers provide an excellent insight into life in the trenches during World War I. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)940.48History and Geography Europe Europe Military History Of World War I Personal narratives, secret serviceLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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