Sooner doughboys write home : the University of Oklahoma and World War I /
"In November 1918, a week before the armistice ending World War I, the president of the University of Oklahoma wrote to every student, former student, and member of the faculty who had served in the military during the war. He asked each of them to write him a letter describing his experiences...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "In November 1918, a week before the armistice ending World War I, the president of the University of Oklahoma wrote to every student, former student, and member of the faculty who had served in the military during the war. He asked each of them to write him a letter describing his experiences and impressions. This book contains a selection of more than fifty of those letters. Together with volume editor David W. Levy's introduction and annotations, the letters offer insights into what this group of young men, most of them from farms and small Oklahoma towns, saw and felt as they were thrust into a strange and often dangerous new world"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Published with the assistance of the McCasland Foundation, Duncan, Oklahoma"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780806195278 0806195274 |