On Duty and Off Letters of Elizabeth Cabot Putnam written in France May, 1917 - September, 1918
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press, 1919. Octavo, original blue papered boards with printed label, [x], 222 pp. Externally the book is moderately rubbed, and the the front board is bumped and indented at the top edge. Tail of the spine a little chipped and now neatly repaired; internally well preserved. These are the home letters of American nurse Elizabeth Putman to her family at Harvard. Miss Putnam departed from the United States to work in Red Cross hospitals in 1917, and the first series of letters describes life at sea under constant threat of U-Boat attack. From early September 1917 through to mid 1918 she served as a secretary to the United States Air Service in Paris, and her letters form a valuable historical description of the day-to-day logistical challenges of America's aerial commitment in the First World War. Item #361
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