2024.051.001

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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2nd Floor Stacks - Library
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Good
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Good
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Wetmore, Rick
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OK
Title
Soldiers' French Course
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Book
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2024.051

A French language handbook for use by US Army soldiers in World War 1. The book includes:

A thirty lesson foundation French course.

Everyday French conversation with pronunciation.

French moneys, measures and weights with their United States equivalents.

Military commands and phrases with their French translation and pronunciation.

Red Cross and Hospital phrases.

Trench slang.

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Justice B. Detwiler
Publisher
Gordon-Detwiler Institute of New York Inc.
Date (created)
1917
Date (coverage)
1917-1919
Event
World War 1
Language
English, French
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

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Grazia Messina
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Photos, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other print material related to Lawrence schools,  churches, and events

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2024.052

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2024.052
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Book - The Golden Manual or The Royal Road to Success, published in 1892

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2024.051

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2024.050

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2024.048

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