Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

by Anthony Fletcher

Book Overview

A powerful account of life and loss in the Great War, as told by British soldiers in their letters home

This book was inspired by the author's discovery of an extraordinary cache of letters from a soldier who was killed on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier was his grandfather, and the letters had been tucked away, unread and unmentioned for many decades. Intrigued by the heartbreak and history of these family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205384
• ISBN13: 9780300205381
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"