While perusing their web catalogue, I came across two titles I simply *had* to have that are very apt to mention here. I ordered them immediately, and they arrived today, along with a few other choice items.
One was Gentleman Volunteers: The Story of the American Ambulance Drivers in the Great War, August 1914-September 1918. Another was Letters from Verdun: Frontline Experiences of an American Volunteer in World War I France. My grandfather and great uncle, as previously mentioned, were in the American Ambulance Field Service before America entered the war (Great Uncle Bob being awarded the Croix de Guerre, I think for service with the French 32e Division during the French Second Offensive at Verdun in August 1917). So I'm very excited to find something about the American volunteer services.
I also picked up a(n unexpectedly huge) book of military maps and Come On Highlanders! Glasgow Territorials in the Great War because, well, a book about the GW, a book about the Highland Light Infantry, a book about my soon-to-be adopted home, and all for less than $7? Who could resist?
All three of these Great War titles will get added to the (voluminous) reading list and I'll try to report on them in due course.
Meanwhile my painting project still looms, and my film festival. :-)
