My Lorraine journal

By Edith O'Shaughnessy

A landscape of ruined villages and enduring natural beauty unfolds through the eyes of an American woman travelling across Lorraine during the First World War. Her journal captures a region caught between destruction and renewal, where damaged communities, military activity and civilian life exist alongside determined efforts to rebuild. Immediate and personal, the account records not only what war has altered, but what it has failed to erase. Movement through this contested region is never straightforward. Permissions must be secured, routes negotiated and the practical restrictions of wartime travel confronted before observation can begin. Encounters with civilians, soldiers and those engaged in relief work bring the wider conflict into human focus, while close attention to scarred settlements and recovering communities reveals the daily realities behind military events. The writer's emotional responses remain inseparable from her eyewitness reporting, giving the narrative the intimacy of memoir and the alertness of travel writing. Rather than presenting war from a distant strategic viewpoint, this journal stays close to roads, landscapes and people living amid visible damage. Its contrasts are especially striking: devastation beside natural beauty, disruption beside reconstruction, and loss beside the continuing resilience of inhabitants. As a World War I memoir and battlefield travel account, it preserves the perspective of a visiting observer attentive to both the scale of conflict and the practical work of renewal. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378414257
• ISBN13: 9789378414251
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"