A Tommy's life in the trenches : a soldier artist on the Western Front
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Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
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Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library - Genealogy
R GEN 929.373 MAC
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Published
Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 x 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.
Description
An advertising illustrator and artist by trade, Private Fergus Mackain enlisted in 1915, serving in France when the fighting was at its fiercest. Wounded on the Somme and taken out of front line duty in 1917, he turned to designing humorous postcards for soldiers to send home. These postcards reflected in light-hearted fashion the reality of life in the trenches. Mackain's sketches capture the joys of the rum ration, the cacophony of the artillery barrage or being stuck in a shell hole knee deep in water. John Place, (whose grandfather fought on the Somme) and William Mackain-Bremner (grandson of Fergus's cousin) have collected all the extant postcards together with contextualizing commentary. Also included are reproductions of actual messages sent on the back of the postcards.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mackain, F., Mackain-Bremner, W., & Place, J. (2016). A Tommy's life in the trenches: a soldier artist on the Western Front . Amberley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mackain, Fergus, William. Mackain-Bremner and John Place. 2016. A Tommy's Life in the Trenches: A Soldier Artist On the Western Front. Amberley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mackain, Fergus, William. Mackain-Bremner and John Place. A Tommy's Life in the Trenches: A Soldier Artist On the Western Front Amberley, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mackain, Fergus,, William Mackain-Bremner, and John Place. A Tommy's Life in the Trenches: A Soldier Artist On the Western Front Amberley, 2016.
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