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Summary:

Captures the experiences in verse of a United States Army correspondent who traveled from Alaska to the border of Mexico, writing with a great understanding of the army man and his life in the ranks. Presents verse with deep patriotism as its underlying theme.

Table of Contents:

• Our aroused eagle
• The bugle blows
• Several kinds of rookies
• The sunny side of soldier life
• From a rookie's notebook
• We want to get at 'em
• Our hitch in hell
• The rantings of a rookie
• The love of country
• A soldier's letter home
• The sons of our eagle
• Army camp rumors
• Men of the army, we'll do it
• The service star and the sister
• Army injections
• Target practice
• Our army chaplains
• Come on everybody, Come on!
• The woman and the rookie
• Our boys who've gone away

• Who you are, what you are, where you are
• Real soldiers
• Supposing
• On the guard line
• We are coming
• Finis.

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Author/Creator:

Camp, Frank B. (Frank Bernard), 1882-

Contributors:

Thomas, Donald, 1943- , former owner

Consolidated Book Publishers , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Donald Thomas War Poetry Collection

Special Collections donation

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

American soldier ballads in the language of an army man [by Camp, F.B.]

Subjects:

War poetry, American

World War, 1914-1918 — Poetry

World War, 1939-1945 — Poetry

World War (1914-1918)

World War (1939-1945)

1914-1945

Genres:

Printed books — United States — Illinois — Chicago — 20th century

Poetry

General Notes:

Gift: Donald Thomas, 2015
ex. coll. Donald Thomas.
Bound in two-tone illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated endleaves.
Donald Thomas's signature on front pastedown.

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations (including portraits) ; 16 cm

Call Numbers:

PS3505.A52 A8 1942

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

42025417

OCLC Numbers:

3495252