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At Plattsburg, by Allen French
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Title: At Plattsburg
Author: Allen French
Release Date: June 17, 2008 [eBook #25825]
Language: English
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AT PLATTSBURG
by
ALLEN FRENCH
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HIDING-PLACES . . net $1.35
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AT PLATTSBURG
by
ALLEN FRENCH
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1917
Copyright, 1917, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published April, 1917
TO SQUAD EIGHT
MY BOOK THE SQUAD ISN'T AS IT REALLY WAS. SOME OF YOU ARE NOT THERE, AND THE REST ARE ALTERED. BUT WHILE, ON ACCOUNT OF THE STORY THAT I NEEDED AND THE FACTS I WANTED TO DISPLAY, I COULD NOT DRAW YOUR PORTRAITS, I HOPE I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN SHOWING THAT THING IN PLATTSBURG WHICH MEANT MOST TO ME PERSONALLY, THE SPIRIT OF OUR SQUAD
PREFACE
To describe military scenes is always to rouse the keenest scrutiny from military men. I write this foreword not to deprecate criticism, but to remind the professional reader that, while the scenes I have described are all from experience, the aim in writing them was not for technical ex