Tommy's war : the Western Front in soldiers' words and photographs

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Label

Tommy's war : the Western Front in soldiers' words and photographs

Title remainder

the Western Front in soldiers' words and photographs

Statement of responsibility

Richard van Emden

Creator

• Van Emden, Richard

Author

• Van Emden, Richard

Subject

• Great Britain
• Personal narratives -- British
• Photographs
• Records and correspondence
• Soldiers
• Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
• World War (1914-1918)
• 1914 - 1918
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
• Biographies

Genre

• Correspondence
• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives, British
• Photographs
• Records and correspondence
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

For the first time ever the soldiers' experiences of the First World War are recorded in their own words and pictures. Shortly after images of the famous Christmas Truce of 1914 found their way into national newspapers in Britain, the military authorities banned the private use of cameras on the Western Front. A considerable number of soldiers continued to use them illicitly to record life and death in the front line trenches. Including over 250 personal and unpublished photographs, this large-format book gives a new perspective on the war that was not captured by the official photographers who traversed the Western Front. Combined with extracts from personal diaries and letters written by soldiers and civilians in Britain through each year of the war up until Armistice Day in 1918, The Great War is a remarkable, vivid account of war. It is a stunning portrayal of humanity, at its best, and at its worst

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

940.308

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

D640.A2

LC item number

V36 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult