Kings Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In 1914, journalist and mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart traveled to Europe alone to cover World War I for the Saturday EveningPost.
This collection of her writings encompasses her observations on her travels-from being received by King Albert in Belgium and recording his first authorized statement on the war, to meeting Winston Churchill, to traveling to the English and French front lines as the first correspondent permitted there. Rinehart's book was a humanitarian plea to Americans to join the war effort three years before the American Expeditionary Force set sail for Europe, an unpopular view vindicated by subsequent events.
This collection of her writings encompasses her observations on her travels-from being received by King Albert in Belgium and recording his first authorized statement on the war, to meeting Winston Churchill, to traveling to the English and French front lines as the first correspondent permitted there. Rinehart's book was a humanitarian plea to Americans to join the war effort three years before the American Expeditionary Force set sail for Europe, an unpopular view vindicated by subsequent events.
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Jahr:
2017
Verlag:
Pinnacle Press
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
304
ISBN 10:
1374957496
ISBN 13:
9781374957497
ISBN:
B00K0UAP9Q
Datei:
EPUB, 926 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2017