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Author
Publisher
Pegasus
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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World War I - Women's Experience
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Medicine
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Medicine
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When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a 30-year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in leathers, & Mairi Chisolm was a brilliant 18-year-old mechanic, living at home borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of the First World War.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. Lindsey Fitzharris's The Facemaker tells...
3) Soldiers don't go mad: a story of brotherhood, poetry, and mental illness during the First World War
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible artillery power, flame throwers, and gas attacks. Within the first four months of the war, the British Army recorded the nervous collapse of ten percent of its officers; the loss of such manpower to mental illness--not to mention death and physical wounds--left the army unable...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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World War I - Women's Experience
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Classics
World War I Collection Spotlight - Biography and Memoir
World War I Collection Spotlight - Classics
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