War letters : extraordinary correspondence from American wars

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Label

War letters : extraordinary correspondence from American wars

Title remainder

extraordinary correspondence from American wars

Statement of responsibility

edited by Andrew Carroll ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley

Contributor

• trueBrinkley, Douglas
• trueCarroll, Andrew
• Carroll, Andrew

Subject

• American letters
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueHistory Writing -- Military
• trueLetters
• trueLife stories -- Law and order | Armed forces personnel
• trueSoldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
• Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
• Soldiers' writings, American
• trueUnited States -- Armed Forces -- Biography
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography
• trueUnited States -- History, Military -- Sources

Genre

• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueBiography
• trueCorrespondence
• trueHistory Writing
• trueLetters
• trueLife stories
• trueSources

Language

eng

Summary

A variety of letters written by American servicemen which include accounts of combat, complaints about conditions, philosophical musings, love letters, and final thoughts

Writing style

• trueCandid

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation source

• Publisher's Weekly
• Booklist
• Kirkus Review

Dewey number

• 355/.0092/273
• 355/.0092/273
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Adult

LC call number

E181

LC item number

.W273 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult