The Plattsburg Manual; A Handbook For Federal Training Camps. Foreword by General Leonard Wood
by Oglesby O. O. and E. B. Garey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; (vi), (2), 3-303, index; more that 150 illustrations; decorated khaki cloth in a dust jacket; Former owner's name "Erastus Henry Hewitt, April 1917" on the free fly leaf. Jacket chipped. Schools of the Soldier, Squad, and Company. Attack & Defense. TR and Gen. Wood fought for these "camps" as they knew the inevitabily of American entry into WWI. As it was, when the US did go "over there" they were terribly ill prepared in terms of training and material. TR's sons attended Plattsburg. The first edition in jacket, quite scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13880
- Title
- The Plattsburg Manual; A Handbook For Federal Training Camps. Foreword by General Leonard Wood
- Author
- Oglesby O. O. and E. B. Garey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- WWI; Theodore Roosevelt; Leonard Wood;
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