Alice Blythe: Somewhere in England

Alice Blythe: Somewhere in England

Children's fiction / war

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 a nurse inset. The image shows a young girl, dressed in a white nurse uniform, which includes a white headdress, long sleeves, and a starched white apron with a red cross. She is surrounded by battle. Cloth. Illustrated. From the dustcover: "Around a central figure, "half girl, half boy, and the better half of each," the author has written a fascinating story laying the plot first in America and subsequently, in the other stories in other countries, the author's intimate knowledge and deep insight into the life and surroundings of the young heroines in the various countries add distinct educational value to the pronounced charm and quaintness of the stories." "Wanting to do something to aid the war effort, an English girl goes to France to help in an army hospital." Titles in the Somewhere in War series are advertised on the dustcover thus: Helen Carey: Somewhere in America Marieken De Bruin: Somewhere in Belgium Valerie Duval: Somewhere in France Alice Blythe: Somewhere in England Lucia Rudini Somewhere in Italy Phoebe Marshall: Somewhere in Canada

Trent, Martha

https://lccn.loc.gov/18012211
Trent, Martha. [from old catalog] Alice Blythe: somewhere in England: New York, Barse & Hopkins c1918
p. cm.
PZ7.T73 Al
Personal Collection

Barse & Hopkins

1918

In the public domain.

The hardback cover is olive, with the image of a nurse inset. The image shows a young girl, dressed in a white nurse uniform, which includes a white headdress, long sleeves, and a starched white apron with a red cross. She is surrounded by battle. Cloth. Illustrated.

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