| Trench Talk Trench Life: A Beginner's Guide to World War One Contributor(s): Winkowski, Frederic (Author), Bull, Stephen (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1943876460 ISBN-13: 9781943876464 Publisher: Glitterati OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This concise, handsomely illustrated, boots-on-the ground guide provides a unique introduction to life on the Western Front during World War I. Readers will learn about the drastic living circumstances of characters Tommy Atkins, Poilu, and Doughboy, respectively the foot soldiers of Britain, France, and the United States. We all know something of how these men existed in muddy trenches, subject to shelling, snipers and waiting for the next Big Push; but it is through the unique vocabulary of those troops, with their newly coined words, slang, and euphemisms that we can most easily enter their world. Readers will learn the meaning behind the long lost wartime language of these soldiers, with such words and phrases as: Black Hand Gang, Ace, Crummy, Barker, Dud, Come-alongs, Hush-hush, and Over the top. Based on extensive research, Trench Talk Trench Life is a wide-ranging and sympathetic look at the lives of initially patriotic, but ultimately tenacious front line soldiers of the Western Front. |