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Shell-shock did not exist as a documented category of disability until February 1915, when psychologist Charles Myers published a paper in The Lancet entitled “A Contribution To The Study of Shell Shock: Being An Account of Three Cases of Loss of…

Sublished in 1918, Alice Blythe: Somewhere in England by Martha Trent is part of the "Somewhere in War" series. Each volume details the story of a girl in a different country during the First World War. The hardback cover is olive, with the image of…

This draft of Break of Day In the Trenches was typed and set by Annie Rosenberg, possibly in June, while Isaac Rosenberg created the written annotations, likely in July.
Rosenberg’s earlier poetry betrays his Romantic influences. In “Break of Day…

This guide was intended for young children to provide first aid to one another during the Second World War.

The second in the series by Winn Standish, Captain Jack Lorimer or the Young Athletes of Millvale High tells the story of Jack Lorimer, a young athlete. From the original sales sheet: "Jack Lorimer is a fine example of the all-around American…

This book is the second in the "Captain Lucy" series by Aline Harvard. The introduction describes the book as follows: "To those who made friends with Lucy Gordon on Governor’s Island it will seem a great change to find her, in this second story, so…

Captain Lucy's Flying Ace is the sequel to Captain Lucy in France and the third book in the Captain Lucy series. The introduction promises that "the young British officer whom she helped... meets her again in this in this present story." Notably, it…