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portada A Postcard View of Hell: One Doughboy's Souvenir Album of the First World War
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
180
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Weight
0.25 kg.
ISBN13
9781622736737
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A Postcard View of Hell: One Doughboy's Souvenir Album of the First World War

Frank Jacob (Author) · Mark D. Van Ells (Author) · Vernon Press · Paperback

A Postcard View of Hell: One Doughboy's Souvenir Album of the First World War - Jacob, Frank ; Van Ells, Mark D.

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Synopsis "A Postcard View of Hell: One Doughboy's Souvenir Album of the First World War"

For many the postcard may seem trivial, little more than a mundane souvenir or a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives while on vacation. But if we look carefully, postcards offer valuable insights into the time periods in which they were created and the mentalities of those who bought or sent them. Frank Marhefka, while serving in the U.S. Army Motor Transportation Corps during the First World War, amassed a collection of more than 150 postcards and photographs while in France, and bound them into a souvenir album. Marhefka's collection provides a diverse and vivid look into a period of history that - in many soldiers' accounts - is not usually visualized with all its cruelties. Emphasizing the pictorial turn of the Great War, this album offers personal insight into a conflict that caused so much death and destruction. The book begins with an introduction providing a history of postcards and their extensive use by soldiers during the Great War. Then, after a biography of Marhefka, his postcard collection is presented in its entirety. Accompanying the images are brief texts that place them into historical context, as well as suggestions for further reading.As a visual artifact of the First World War and the perspective of one U.S. soldier, this book is aimed at students, scholars, postcard collectors, and general readers alike who have an interest in military history and popular culture.

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