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'''''Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes who Fought the Great War''''' is a book by [[Duncan Barrett]],<ref name="Silverman">{{cite news |title=The postmen sent to fight in Europe: new book explores life in Post Office Rifles |first=Anna|last=Silverman|url=http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/newham_bookshop_launches_book_about_post_office_rifles_in_great_war_1_3700474 |newspaper=Newham Recorder |date=30 July 2014 |accessdate=9 August 2014}}</ref> co-author of ''[[The Sugar Girls]]'' and ''[[GI Brides]]'' and editor of ''[[The Reluctant Tommy]]''. It was published by AA Publishing on 1 August 2014<ref>{{cite web|url= http://shop.theaa.com/store/best-sellers/men-of-letters|title=Men of Letters|publisher=AA Publishing|year= 2014|accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> and officially launched on 4 August to marked the hundredth anniversary of Britain's declaration of war.<ref name="Silverman"/> The book tells the story of the [[Post Office Rifles]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="Hirst">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review) |first=Christopher|last=Hirst||newspaper=i |date=1 August 2014}}</ref> 12,000 men served with the unit during the course of the war,<ref name="Pettengale">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review) |first=Paul|last=Pettengale||newspaper=History of War |date= August 2014}}</ref> across three battalions,<ref name="BAW">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review)|newspaper=Britain at War |date= August 2014}}</ref> and around 1,500 of them were killed.<ref name="Hirst"/> The book describes in detail the horror and suffering of the war<ref name="Pettengale"/> and Barrett writes about a man who was shot in the head by a former Post Office colleague before he was suffocated by mud at [[Passchendaele]],<ref name="HOW">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (serialisation)|first=Duncan|last=Barrett||newspaper=History of War |date=September 2014}}</ref> but he also describes the humour of life in the trenches,<ref name="BAW"/> including an incident in which some former postmen delivered mail to the Germans on the other side of no man’s land by wedging them into carrots and throwing them across.<ref name="Hirst"/> |
'''''Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes who Fought the Great War''''' is a book by [[Duncan Barrett]],<ref name="Silverman">{{cite news |title=The postmen sent to fight in Europe: new book explores life in Post Office Rifles |first=Anna|last=Silverman|url=http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/newham_bookshop_launches_book_about_post_office_rifles_in_great_war_1_3700474 |newspaper=Newham Recorder |date=30 July 2014 |accessdate=9 August 2014}}</ref> co-author of ''[[The Sugar Girls]]'' and ''[[GI Brides]]'' and editor of ''[[The Reluctant Tommy]]''.{{cite book |title=Men of Letters |last=Barrett |first=Duncan |authorlink= |year=2014 |publisher=AA|location=London |isbn=9780749575205|page=6 |pages=336</ref> It was published by AA Publishing on 1 August 2014<ref>{{cite web|url= http://shop.theaa.com/store/best-sellers/men-of-letters|title=Men of Letters|publisher=AA Publishing|year= 2014|accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> and officially launched on 4 August to marked the hundredth anniversary of Britain's declaration of war.<ref name="Silverman"/> The book tells the story of the [[Post Office Rifles]] during the [[First World War]].<ref name="Hirst">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review) |first=Christopher|last=Hirst||newspaper=i |date=1 August 2014}}</ref> 12,000 men served with the unit during the course of the war,<ref name="Pettengale">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review) |first=Paul|last=Pettengale||newspaper=History of War |date= August 2014}}</ref> across three battalions,<ref name="BAW">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (review)|newspaper=Britain at War |date= August 2014}}</ref> and around 1,500 of them were killed.<ref name="Hirst"/> The book describes in detail the horror and suffering of the war<ref name="Pettengale"/> and Barrett writes about a man who was shot in the head by a former Post Office colleague before he was suffocated by mud at [[Passchendaele]],<ref name="HOW">{{cite news |title=Men of Letters (serialisation)|first=Duncan|last=Barrett||newspaper=History of War |date=September 2014}}</ref> but he also describes the humour of life in the trenches,<ref name="BAW"/> including an incident in which some former postmen delivered mail to the Germans on the other side of no man’s land by wedging them into carrots and throwing them across.<ref name="Hirst"/> |
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Barrett’s research for the book involved reading memoirs written by men who served with the Post Office Rifles, as well as their letters and diary entries from the time, held at the [[Imperial War Museum]] and the British Postal Museum and Archive.<ref name="Silverman"/> He was in part inspired to write it after learning that his own great-great-uncle had fought alongside the Post Office Rifles at [[High Wood]], although in a different London regiment.<ref name="Silverman"/> The book was positively reviewed by Christopher Hirst in the [[''i'' newspaper]],<ref name="Hirst"/> Paul Pettengale in History of War magazine<ref name="Pettengale"/> and a reviewer in Britain at War magazine.<ref name="BAW"/> |
Barrett’s research for the book involved reading memoirs written by men who served with the Post Office Rifles, as well as their letters and diary entries from the time, held at the [[Imperial War Museum]] and the British Postal Museum and Archive.<ref name="Silverman"/> He was in part inspired to write it after learning that his own great-great-uncle had fought alongside the Post Office Rifles at [[High Wood]], although in a different London regiment.<ref name="Silverman"/> The book was positively reviewed by Christopher Hirst in the [[''i'' newspaper]],<ref name="Hirst"/> Paul Pettengale in History of War magazine<ref name="Pettengale"/> and a reviewer in Britain at War magazine.<ref name="BAW"/> |
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| Author | Duncan Barrett |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | First World War, Post Office Rifles |
| Publisher | AA Publishing |
Publication date | 1 August 2014 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 336pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0749575205 |
| Preceded by | GI Brides |
Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes who Fought the Great War is a book by Duncan Barrett,[1] co-author of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides and editor of The Reluctant Tommy.{{cite book |title=Men of Letters |last=Barrett |first=Duncan |authorlink= |year=2014 |publisher=AA|location=London |isbn=9780749575205|page=6 |pages=336</ref> It was published by AA Publishing on 1 August 2014[2] and officially launched on 4 August to marked the hundredth anniversary of Britain's declaration of war.[1] The book tells the story of the Post Office Rifles during the First World War.[3] 12,000 men served with the unit during the course of the war,[4] across three battalions,[5] and around 1,500 of them were killed.[3] The book describes in detail the horror and suffering of the war[4] and Barrett writes about a man who was shot in the head by a former Post Office colleague before he was suffocated by mud at Passchendaele,[6] but he also describes the humour of life in the trenches,[5] including an incident in which some former postmen delivered mail to the Germans on the other side of no man’s land by wedging them into carrots and throwing them across.[3] Barrett’s research for the book involved reading memoirs written by men who served with the Post Office Rifles, as well as their letters and diary entries from the time, held at the Imperial War Museum and the British Postal Museum and Archive.[1] He was in part inspired to write it after learning that his own great-great-uncle had fought alongside the Post Office Rifles at High Wood, although in a different London regiment.[1] The book was positively reviewed by Christopher Hirst in the ''i'' newspaper,[3] Paul Pettengale in History of War magazine[4] and a reviewer in Britain at War magazine.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Silverman, Anna (30 July 2014). "The postmen sent to fight in Europe: new book explores life in Post Office Rifles". Newham Recorder. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Men of Letters". AA Publishing. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ^ a b c d Hirst, Christopher (1 August 2014). "Men of Letters (review)". i.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c Pettengale, Paul (August 2014). "Men of Letters (review)". History of War.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c "Men of Letters (review)". Britain at War. August 2014.
- ^ Barrett, Duncan (September 2014). "Men of Letters (serialisation)". History of War.
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