| A Dear & Noble Boy: The Life and Letters of Louis Stokes, 1897-1916 Contributor(s): Stokes, Louis (Author), Barlow, R. A. (Editor), Bowen, H. V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0850524253 ISBN-13: 9780850524253 Publisher: Pen & Sword Books OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1997 Annotation: Louis Stokes was not an outstanding scholar, nor did he meet with a glorious death, but his letters are a fitting memorial to the generation of schoolboys who lost their lives in the Great War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95161989 |
| Series: Life and Letters of Louis Stokes, 1897-1916 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.4" W x 9.53" (1.01 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Louis Stokes was a pupil at Rugby School between 1911 and 1915 before he met his death on the Somme in November 1916. His letters, published in this volume, offer an insight into this typical transition from cloistered public school to the horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front. |