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Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's  Disillustions]

Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's Disillustions]

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Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's Disillustions]

by Kimmel, Stanley ; (1894 -1982)

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New York: Gothic Publishing Co. Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. 94 pages; New York: Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. 94 pages; Clean and secure in original black wrappers with red lettering, tiny chip at bottom corner of yapped wrappers, minor wear at head of spine. A native of Southern Illinois, Stanley Kimmel, known for "The Mad Booths of Maryland" and other historical works on the Civil War, was a talented World War I era poet, an ambulance driver and friend of Ernest Hemingway. Kimmel served on the Western Front in WW1 and in this memoir affectingly describes the brutalities of war. OCLC 3315674 Stanley wrote: "In those days the French Government allowed only five days from the time you entered France to get into uniform. So I met another American who was driving ambulances for the Army and as my five days were running out, I became an ambulance driver. " Originally serialized in The Overland Monthly. .; Literature, Military History, Most Recent Listing .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Crucifixion [The Bitter Narrative of a Red Cross Ambulence Driver's Disillustions]
Author
Kimmel, Stanley ; (1894 -1982)
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Gothic Publishing Co
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1922
Keywords
World War I, Personal Memoirs, Carnage Of War, World War I Poets
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Biography and Autobiography;

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