Ladies From Hell

by Unknown

Excerpt from Ladies From Hell

Therefore it is partially for my own amusement, and partially to continue my fight for ultimate vic tory that I write this book. In it I have endeavored, in a meager way, to tell America what she wants to know. You are asking about the same questions as did England in 1914 and 1915. You are in approximately the same position as was England in those early days. You are beginning to discover that business cannot be as usual, and that war is not all ?ag waving and hurrahing. You are learning, as did we; and may a just God grant that your lesson be shorter by far than was ours.

287 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1918

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Reviews

[Kathleen]

I bought a copy of this book at an estate sale for several reasons. First, the cover is attractively designed. Second, my father told me the story of The Plains of Abraham and the Scots in their kilts coming out of the fog, bagpipes playing and causing French troops to fear “the ladies from hell.” Third, it is a first hand account of the first world war. Fourth, the copy was dedicated to a Mrs. Botsford and Botsford is an historic name in this part of Michigan.
The writing is a clear, easy reading style and gives a vivid picture of a privates life at the beginning of the war. Pinkerton even predicts who will win the war accurately. His prediction that submarines will go the way of the zeppelins was not as accurate.
I would highly recommend this book as part of an education about The Great War.