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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780300212488
- Book Title
- Poilu : the World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Europe / France, Personal Memoirs, Military / World War I, Military
- Item Weight
- 25.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 472 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300212488
ISBN-13
9780300212488
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204187238
Product Key Features
Book Title
Poilu : the World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Europe / France, Personal Memoirs, Military / World War I, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.7 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
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"Louis Barthas' stunningly honest, graphic and gripping narrative has rightly made Poilu a classic trench memoir."-Douglas Porch, author of The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force, "This translation of the diaries and letters of a French corporal on the Western front in World War I brings the gritty reality of trench warfare to an English-speaking audience in a manner unparalleled even in the best soldier writings from that war. The reader feels and smells and hears the mud, the blood, the fear, the deafening noise of exploding shells, the clatter of machine guns, the cries of the wounded and dying. Here is the war as the men in the trenches experienced it."--James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom "An exceptionally vivid memoir of a French soldier's experience of the First World War."--Max Hastings, author of Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War "Louis Barthas, cooper, citizen, cynic and reluctant reservist, is one of the truly authentic voices of the Great War. A classic in France from its first publication, his account of the fighting (and he saw more of it than most) speaks not only for the 'poilu' but for all solders of the conflict."--Hew Strachan, author of The First World War "A revelatory book that brings the French experience of the Great War to life as you read. However much we may think the British and Americans suffered, their agony was shorter and less intense than the tragedy that overwhelmed the French nation in 1914-1918."--Peter Hart, author of The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."--Franois Mitterrand, former president of France, "A century after the guns of August first boomed, World War I has lost none of its power to boggle the mind. . . . Louis Barthas, an enlisted man from southwestern France, managed to reduce the conflict to human scale with a pen and 19 notebooks. . . . With Edward M. Strauss''s translation of Poilu , English-language readers now have access to a classic account of the war, a day-to-day chronicle of life in the trenches and a richly detailed answer to the seemingly unanswerable question: What was it like?"--William Grimes, New York Times "Barthas was an ordinary working man, a barrel maker of socialist inclinations, and there was nothing about him to suggest he harbored literary gifts or genius. But his notebooks, assembled under the title Poilu , are among the great works of the war, deserving a place of mention with memoirs like Guy Chapman''s A Passionate Prodigality and Ernst Jünger''s Storm of Steel ."--Geoffrey Norman, Wall Street Journal "Nothing ever written provides a more accurate, raw and close-in account of the beastly life of the common soldier. . ."--Marc Wortman, Daily Beast "One wonders why it took so long for an English translation--this is clearly one of the most readable and indispensable accounts of the death of the glory of war."--Nicholas Mancuso, Daily Beast "The material here is raw and unvarnished--not just primary, but primal. This is not the grand stuff of geopolitics and strategy, nor of literary arcs and historical perspective, nor even of battlefield tactics and logistics. It is the day-to-day life of a foot soldier in the trenches."--Andrew Imbrie Dayton, The Washington Independent Review of Books "Among World War I books being published in this centennial year of that conflict''s start, none likely can connect readers more directly or vividly to the experience of those who fought it."--Alan Wallace, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Barthas provides one of the best pictures of life in the trenches."--J.W. Thacker, Park City Daily News "Barthas provides one of the best pictures of life in the trenches."--J.W. Thacker, Park City Daily News "Barthas'' testimony, which exemplifies the title of this review and demonstrates the shared experiences of all the belligerents, is a superb addition to the many moving reminders of man''s bravery in the face of the futility of war."--Patricia M.E. Lorcin, Los Angeles Review of Books "This translation of the diaries and letters of a French corporal on the Western front in World War I brings the gritty reality of trench warfare to an English-speaking audience in a manner unparalleled even in the best soldier writings from that war. The reader feels and smells and hears the mud, the blood, the fear, the deafening noise of exploding shells, the clatter of machine guns, the cries of the wounded and dying. Here is the war as the men in the trenches experienced it."--James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom "An exceptionally vivid memoir of a French soldier''s experience of the First World War."--Max Hastings, author of Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War "Louis Barthas, cooper, citizen, cynic and reluctant reservist, is one of the truly authentic voices of the Great War. A classic in France from its first publication, his account of the fighting (and he saw more of it than most) speaks not only for the ''poilu'' but for all solders of the conflict."--Hew Strachan, author of The First World War "A revelatory book that brings the French experience of the Great War to life as you read. However much we may think the British and Americans suffered, their agony was shorter and less intense than the tragedy that overwhelmed the French nation in 1914-1918."--Peter Hart, author of The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."--François Mitterrand, former president of France, "In Barthas' telling, the fighting men on both sides of No Man's Land shared a more natural bond with their fellows than with those career officers who pitted them against each other. Barthas' detailed real-time reportage captures instances of informal truces and slowdowns between combatants, as they tacitly aid one another in their shared struggle to survive the madness." --David Wright, The Seattle Times, "This translation of the diaries and letters of a French corporal on the Western front in World War I brings the gritty reality of trench warfare to an English-speaking audience in a manner unparalleled even in the best soldier writings from that war. The reader feels and smells and hears the mud, the blood, the fear, the deafening noise of exploding shells, the clatter of machine guns, the cries of the wounded and dying. Here is the war as the men in the trenches experienced it."--James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom, "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."-Franois Mitterrand, former president of France, "There is nothing like this for the French experience of WWI, almost nothing from equivalent British and German perspectives. . . . I believe this will be a major contribution to the study of Third-Republic France, the French army, and the First World War: regularly cited, regularly assigned."-Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "Among World War I books being published in this centennial year of that conflict's start, none likely can connect readers more directly or vividly to the experience of those who fought it."--Alan Wallace, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "There is nothing like this for the French experience of WWI, almost nothing from equivalent British and German perspectives. . . . I believe this will be a major contribution to the study of Third-Republic France, the French army, and the First World War: regularly cited, regularly assigned."--Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "In Barthas' telling, the fighting men on both sides of No Man's Land shared a more natural bond with their fellows than with those career officers who pitted them against each other. Barthas' detailed real-time reportage captures instances of informal truces and slowdowns between combatants, as they tacitly aid one another in their shared struggle to survive the madness." --David Wright, The Seattle Times , "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."-François Mitterrand, former president of France, "Among World War I books being published in this centennial year of that conflict's start, none likely can connect readers more directly or vividly to the experience of those who fought it."-Alan Wallace, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "A century after the guns of August first boomed, World War I has lost none of its power to boggle the mind. . . . Louis Barthas, an enlisted man from southwestern France, managed to reduce the conflict to human scale with a pen and 19 notebooks. . . . With Edward M. Strauss''s translation of Poilu , English-language readers now have access to a classic account of the war, a day-to-day chronicle of life in the trenches and a richly detailed answer to the seemingly unanswerable question: What was it like?"--William Grimes, New York Times "Barthas was an ordinary working man, a barrel maker of socialist inclinations, and there was nothing about him to suggest he harbored literary gifts or genius. But his notebooks, assembled under the title Poilu , are among the great works of the war, deserving a place of mention with memoirs like Guy Chapman''s A Passionate Prodigality and Ernst Jnger''s Storm of Steel ."--Geoffrey Norman, Wall Street Journal "Nothing ever written provides a more accurate, raw and close-in account of the beastly life of the common soldier. . ."--Marc Wortman, Daily Beast "One wonders why it took so long for an English translation--this is clearly one of the most readable and indispensable accounts of the death of the glory of war."--Nicholas Mancuso, Daily Beast "The material here is raw and unvarnished--not just primary, but primal. This is not the grand stuff of geopolitics and strategy, nor of literary arcs and historical perspective, nor even of battlefield tactics and logistics. It is the day-to-day life of a foot soldier in the trenches."--Andrew Imbrie Dayton, The Washington Independent Review of Books "Among World War I books being published in this centennial year of that conflict''s start, none likely can connect readers more directly or vividly to the experience of those who fought it."--Alan Wallace, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Barthas provides one of the best pictures of life in the trenches."--J.W. Thacker, Park City Daily News "Barthas provides one of the best pictures of life in the trenches."--J.W. Thacker, Park City Daily News "Barthas'' testimony, which exemplifies the title of this review and demonstrates the shared experiences of all the belligerents, is a superb addition to the many moving reminders of man''s bravery in the face of the futility of war."--Patricia M.E. Lorcin, Los Angeles Review of Books "This translation of the diaries and letters of a French corporal on the Western front in World War I brings the gritty reality of trench warfare to an English-speaking audience in a manner unparalleled even in the best soldier writings from that war. The reader feels and smells and hears the mud, the blood, the fear, the deafening noise of exploding shells, the clatter of machine guns, the cries of the wounded and dying. Here is the war as the men in the trenches experienced it."--James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom "An exceptionally vivid memoir of a French soldier''s experience of the First World War."--Max Hastings, author of Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War "Louis Barthas, cooper, citizen, cynic and reluctant reservist, is one of the truly authentic voices of the Great War. A classic in France from its first publication, his account of the fighting (and he saw more of it than most) speaks not only for the ''poilu'' but for all solders of the conflict."--Hew Strachan, author of The First World War "A revelatory book that brings the French experience of the Great War to life as you read. However much we may think the British and Americans suffered, their agony was shorter and less intense than the tragedy that overwhelmed the French nation in 1914-1918."--Peter Hart, author of The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."--Franois Mitterrand, former president of France, "Ah, the notebooks of Louis Barthas! This book has profound historic value. It is also a genuine work of literature."--Franois Mitterrand, former president of France, "A revelatory book that brings the French experience of the Great War to life as you read. However much we may think the British and Americans suffered, their agony was shorter and less intense than the tragedy that overwhelmed the French nation in 1914-1918."--Peter Hart, author of The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War, "A revelatory book that brings the French experience of the Great War to life as you read. However much we may think the British and Americans suffered, their agony was shorter and less intense than the tragedy that overwhelmed the French nation in 1914-1918."-Peter Hart, author of The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War, "This book shows clearly and viscerally what were the origins of French soldiers' pacifism. . . . Barthas's voice is unlike any other I know in the vast literature on the First World War. The translation is excellent; the grittiness of the text is captured beautifully, and so is the humanity of the man who wrote it."-Jay Winter, Yale University, "Louis Barthas' stunningly honest, graphic and gripping narrative has rightly made Poilu a classic trench memoir."--Douglas Porch, author of The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force, "This book shows clearly and viscerally what were the origins of French soldiers' pacifism. . . . Barthas's voice is unlike any other I know in the vast literature on the First World War. The translation is excellent; the grittiness of the text is captured beautifully, and so is the humanity of the man who wrote it."--Jay Winter, Yale University
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.41244092
Synopsis
The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War, The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War 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.
LC Classification Number
D640
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