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Somewhere Over There by Francis Webster

The Letters, Diary, and Artwork of a World War I Corporal

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Monday, October 29 through Friday, November 9, 2018. Read by Norman Gilliland and Sam Wood.

A young cartoonist becomes one the early “embedded journalists” when he serves as a volunteer infantryman during World War I documenting the harsh realities of combat life for his Iowa newspaper.

(University of Oklahoma Press: ISBN-10: 0806151722)

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