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A Minstrel in France.
by Lauder, Harry, Sir, 1870-1950. [Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.; Robert MacKay (1840-1916) , Rob Donn]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York, Hearst's International Library Co., 1918., 1918. Very Good. 6 pp., 1 leaf, 338 pp. ; frontispiece, plates, portrait ; 21 cm. ; red cloth, embossed with a Scottish thistle at lower right corner of front cover, with gold lettering ; illustrations include: Harry Lander and His Son Captain John Lander -- I did not stop at sending out my recruiting band. I went out myself -- Carry On!' were the last words of my boy Captain John Lauder to his men but he would mean them for me too -- Bang! Went Sixpence -- Harry Lauder preserves the bonnet of his son brought to him from where the lad fell -- Captain John Lauder and Comrades Before the Trenches in France -- 'Make us laugh again Harry!' Though I remember my son and want to join the ranks I have obeyed -- Harry Lauder "Laird of Dunoon." ; Medal struck off by Germany when Lusitania was sunk -- ; Harry Lauder, the great Scottish entertainer, went to France in WWI to entertain the troops while under fire and on 28 December 1916 at Poiziers, his son John Lauder (1891-1916), a Captain of the 8th Argyll a nd Sutherland Highlanders, was killed in action ; Here Lauder recounts his tragic experience in this, his second book ; He was later knighted for his efforts in the World War ; previous owner name on front ep ; slight foxing, else VG
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- Joseph Valles - Books
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- 4767
- Title
- A Minstrel in France.
- Author
- Lauder, Harry, Sir, 1870-1950. [Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.; Robert MacKay (1840-1916) , Rob Donn]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Hearst's International Library Co., 1918.
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Vimy Ridge kilt Tramecourt British army France Folkestone Scotland Black Watch Arras Bapaume Boulogne Gordon Highlanders Britain Tom Vallance lassie Highland Brigade trenches Honolulu James Hogge Blighty airplanes Arras asked audience Australia Bapaume ba
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- Catalog 69 - Music;
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