The Resource Poilu : the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918, translated by Edward M. Strauss ; foreword by Robert Crowley ; introductions and afterword by Rémy Cazals
Poilu : the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918, translated by Edward M. Strauss ; foreword by Robert Crowley ; introductions and afterword by Rémy Cazals
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- Summary
- "Along with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I. Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat, wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles: Artois, Flanders, Champagne, Verdun, the Somme, the Argonne. Barthas' riveting wartime narrative, first published in France in 1978, presents the vivid, immediate experiences of a frontline soldier. This excellent new translation brings Barthas' wartime writings to English-language readers for the first time. His notebooks and letters represent the quintessential memoir of a "poilu," or "hairy one," as the untidy, unshaven French infantryman of the fighting trenches was familiarly known. Upon Barthas' return home in 1919, he painstakingly transcribed his day-to-day writings into nineteen notebooks, preserving not only his own story but also the larger story of the unnumbered soldiers who never returned. Recounting bloody battles and endless exhaustion, the deaths of comrades, the infuriating incompetence and tyranny of his own officers, Barthas also describes spontaneous acts of camaraderie between French poilus and their German foes in trenches just a few paces apart. An eloquent witness and keen observer, Barthas takes his readers directly into the heart of the Great War"--
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (426 pages)
- Note
- "Originally published as Les carnets de guerre de Louis Barthas, tonnelier, 1914-1918 ... Editions La Découverte, Paris, France, 1978"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Toward the hell of Verdun : February 29-April 26, 1916
- The Verdun charnel house : April 26-May 19, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : May 19-July 12, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : July 13-August 29, 1916
- The Somme Offensive : in the blood-soaked mud : August 29-November 1, 1916
- In the blood-soaked mud of the Somme : November 1, 1916-January 30, 1917
- The 296th Regiment from Béziers in Champagne : January 30-April 26, 1917
- The killing ground of Mont Cornillet, the 296th Regiment in the Argonne : April 26-July 1, 1917
- The end of the 296th Infantry Regiment : July 1, 1917-January 28, 1918
- The last year of martyrdom : January 29-August 11, 1918
- Garrison duty : August 2-November 1, 1914
- The end of the nightmare : August 11, 1918-February 14, 1919 -- Afterword to the 1997 edition / by Rémy Cazals
- To the killing fields : November 4-December 14, 1914
- Massacres : December 15, 1914-May 4, 1915
- Toward the Lorette charnel house : May 4-June 2, 1915
- The Lorette charnel house : June 2-July 2, 1915
- The accursed war, the charnel house of Lorette, the slaughter of September 25, 1915 : July 1-September 27, 1915
- The bloody and futile offensive of September 25, 1915 : September 27-November 15, 1915
- The Neuville-Saint-Vaast Sector : November 15, 1915-February 29, 1916
- Isbn
- 9780300206951
- Label
- Poilu : the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918
- Title
- Poilu
- Title remainder
- the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918
- Statement of responsibility
- translated by Edward M. Strauss ; foreword by Robert Crowley ; introductions and afterword by Rémy Cazals
- Subject
-
- Armed Forces -- Military life
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Barthas, Louis, 1879-1952
- Barthas, Louis, 1879-1952
- Biography
- Electronic books
- France
- France, Armée
- France, Armée -- Biography
- France, Armée -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- France
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- Military campaigns
- Personal narratives -- French
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- France -- Biography
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, French
- History
- 1900 - 1999
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "Along with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I. Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat, wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles: Artois, Flanders, Champagne, Verdun, the Somme, the Argonne. Barthas' riveting wartime narrative, first published in France in 1978, presents the vivid, immediate experiences of a frontline soldier. This excellent new translation brings Barthas' wartime writings to English-language readers for the first time. His notebooks and letters represent the quintessential memoir of a "poilu," or "hairy one," as the untidy, unshaven French infantryman of the fighting trenches was familiarly known. Upon Barthas' return home in 1919, he painstakingly transcribed his day-to-day writings into nineteen notebooks, preserving not only his own story but also the larger story of the unnumbered soldiers who never returned. Recounting bloody battles and endless exhaustion, the deaths of comrades, the infuriating incompetence and tyranny of his own officers, Barthas also describes spontaneous acts of camaraderie between French poilus and their German foes in trenches just a few paces apart. An eloquent witness and keen observer, Barthas takes his readers directly into the heart of the Great War"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1879-1952
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barthas, Louis
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Barthas, Louis
- France
- France
- Barthas, Louis
- France
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918
- Soldiers
- World War, 1914-1918
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- Military campaigns
- Soldiers
- France
- Label
- Poilu : the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918, translated by Edward M. Strauss ; foreword by Robert Crowley ; introductions and afterword by Rémy Cazals
- Note
- "Originally published as Les carnets de guerre de Louis Barthas, tonnelier, 1914-1918 ... Editions La Découverte, Paris, France, 1978"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Toward the hell of Verdun : February 29-April 26, 1916
- The Verdun charnel house : April 26-May 19, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : May 19-July 12, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : July 13-August 29, 1916
- The Somme Offensive : in the blood-soaked mud : August 29-November 1, 1916
- In the blood-soaked mud of the Somme : November 1, 1916-January 30, 1917
- The 296th Regiment from Béziers in Champagne : January 30-April 26, 1917
- The killing ground of Mont Cornillet, the 296th Regiment in the Argonne : April 26-July 1, 1917
- The end of the 296th Infantry Regiment : July 1, 1917-January 28, 1918
- The last year of martyrdom : January 29-August 11, 1918
- Garrison duty : August 2-November 1, 1914
- The end of the nightmare : August 11, 1918-February 14, 1919 -- Afterword to the 1997 edition / by Rémy Cazals
- To the killing fields : November 4-December 14, 1914
- Massacres : December 15, 1914-May 4, 1915
- Toward the Lorette charnel house : May 4-June 2, 1915
- The Lorette charnel house : June 2-July 2, 1915
- The accursed war, the charnel house of Lorette, the slaughter of September 25, 1915 : July 1-September 27, 1915
- The bloody and futile offensive of September 25, 1915 : September 27-November 15, 1915
- The Neuville-Saint-Vaast Sector : November 15, 1915-February 29, 1916
- Control code
- ocn871449293
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (426 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300206951
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt5q6942
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- remote
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- (OCoLC)871449293
- Label
- Poilu : the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914-1918, translated by Edward M. Strauss ; foreword by Robert Crowley ; introductions and afterword by Rémy Cazals
- Note
- "Originally published as Les carnets de guerre de Louis Barthas, tonnelier, 1914-1918 ... Editions La Découverte, Paris, France, 1978"--Title page verso
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Toward the hell of Verdun : February 29-April 26, 1916
- The Verdun charnel house : April 26-May 19, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : May 19-July 12, 1916
- The 296th Regiment in Champagne : July 13-August 29, 1916
- The Somme Offensive : in the blood-soaked mud : August 29-November 1, 1916
- In the blood-soaked mud of the Somme : November 1, 1916-January 30, 1917
- The 296th Regiment from Béziers in Champagne : January 30-April 26, 1917
- The killing ground of Mont Cornillet, the 296th Regiment in the Argonne : April 26-July 1, 1917
- The end of the 296th Infantry Regiment : July 1, 1917-January 28, 1918
- The last year of martyrdom : January 29-August 11, 1918
- Garrison duty : August 2-November 1, 1914
- The end of the nightmare : August 11, 1918-February 14, 1919 -- Afterword to the 1997 edition / by Rémy Cazals
- To the killing fields : November 4-December 14, 1914
- Massacres : December 15, 1914-May 4, 1915
- Toward the Lorette charnel house : May 4-June 2, 1915
- The Lorette charnel house : June 2-July 2, 1915
- The accursed war, the charnel house of Lorette, the slaughter of September 25, 1915 : July 1-September 27, 1915
- The bloody and futile offensive of September 25, 1915 : September 27-November 15, 1915
- The Neuville-Saint-Vaast Sector : November 15, 1915-February 29, 1916
- Control code
- ocn871449293
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (426 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300206951
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt5q6942
- 3bd74763-3784-4222-a8ba-f6bb2026452e
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)871449293
Subject
- Armed Forces -- Military life
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Barthas, Louis, 1879-1952
- Barthas, Louis, 1879-1952
- Biography
- Electronic books
- France
- France, Armée
- France, Armée -- Biography
- France, Armée -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- France
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- HISTORY -- Military | World War I
- Military campaigns
- Personal narratives -- French
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- France -- Biography
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, French
- History
- 1900 - 1999
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