DB HUMOR-02
Doughboy Humor, Volume 2
Dere
Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
The first
in the popular “Dere Mable” series written by Lt. Edward E. Streeter and
illustrated by Cpl. G. William “Bill” Breck. 61 pages with 35 Breck
illustrations.
“That’s Me All Over, Mable”
The second
in the series of the Bill adventures. 69 pages with 25 Breck illustrations.
“Same
old Bill, eh Mable!”
Bill’s
adventures overseas. 120 pages with 27 Breck illustrations.
“As
You Were, Bill!”
Continuation of Bill’s adventures back in civilian life. 154 pages with 42
Breck illustrations.
Bill
at Walter Reed
A take-off
on Streeter and Breck’s “Bill,” produced as a mimeographed set of 11 sheets by
the doughboy patients convalescing at Walter Reed General Hospital.
Dere
Bill: Mable’s Love Letters to Her Rookie
Florence
Summers’ collection of letters from Mable to Bill; with 43 drawings by Natalie
Stokes.
Love
Letters of a Rookie to Julie
Similar in
vein to “Dere Mable,” written by Lt. Barney Stone; 21 drawings by Gordon Ross.
Treat
’em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer
Ringgold W.
“Ring” Lardner’s Jack joins the Army. 160 pages with 32 illustrations by Frank
Cherie.
Trials of a War Risker
24-page booklet of letters from an employee at the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
Why
Soldiers Go Wild
20-page booklet by Donald A.
Kahn of letters from Effie Jane Smith, an employee of the Chemical Warfare
Service, to her friend Mayme.
Price: $30
Copyright © 2007
The Digital Bookshelf