Untitled - AA Milne Book: The Great War Writings of A.A. Milne

By: Hebbert, Owen

A collection of stories, poetry, and short essays -- often amusing and ever thoughtful -- written during the First World War by the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

A.A. Milne is chiefly remembered as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Lost to our cultural memory is a chapter of Milne's life in which he served as a soldier and a propagandist during the First World War.

In his early thirties, newly married, and with no notion of the children's books he would write a decade later, A.A. Milne enlisted to serve in one of the most violent conflicts in human history. During this period, he wrote satire and sketches for magazines whenever possible. He came down with trench fever at the Battle of the Somme and, while recuperating in England, he was transferred to Mi7 where he was tasked with writing propaganda.

This collection is a rediscovery of the wartime writings of A.A. Milne. The comic sketches, thoughtful essays, and propaganda that Milne wrote during this period are variously entertaining and intriguing, and they offer rare insights into the author's conflicted attitude toward war. Of the 50+ pieces in this carefully researched volume, most have never been republished since appearing in magazines and newspapers in the 1910s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459758528
• ISBN13: 9781459758520
• Release Date: January 2028
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 272 Pages