The Peak of the Load - The Waiting Months on the Hilltop from the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes to the Second Victory on the Marne

The Waiting Months on the Hilltop from the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes to the Second Victory on the Marne

Aldrich moved to Huiry, near Paris, in 1914, only months before the outbreak of the First World War.[2] Her house there overlooked the Marne river valley, and her experiences during the First Battle of the Marne, as detailed in her letters to friends in the U.S., constitute her first book, A Hilltop on the Marne (1915). Following the success of that work, Aldrich produced three more collections of her wartime letters. On the Edge of the War Zone (1917) contains letters dating from the aftermath of the Marne battle until the entry of the U.S. into the war, The Peak of the Load (1918) details most of the final year of the war, and When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1919) describes her experiences in the months immediately following the war's end.

Other interesting facts; The French censor allowed the manuscript of this book to pass, having already permitted the passage of the letters which compose it, but in accordance with the present regulations regarding photographs, the photographics illustration which were to accompany the manuscript were not allowed to lleave France.

First Edition , First Printing October, 1918 Fifteen Thousand Copies were published. Book is green cloth with black design and gold lettering. It is solid, tight and very little shelfwear. Text and color vibrant. spine is slightly faded. Maps of France for endpapers.