Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie (WWI Centenary Series)

Edward Streeter

• Publisher: Last Post Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781473313194
• eBook ISBN: 9781473367562
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Letters
• Index: Literature

This early work by Edward Streeter was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie' is a cute comic work that takes the form of letters sent to a lover by an American soldier in the First World War. It is illustrated with wonderful cartoon drawings by G. William Breck. Both the author and illustrator were serving with the American Expeditionary Force in France when this was written. This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.

Table of contents

• Dere Mable
• Image 1. American troops on the march
• MABLE
• “THE ONLY PLACE THERE FLAT IS ON THE MAP”
• “YOU CAN READ EM TO YOUR GRANCHILDREN”
• “YOU WALK A POST BUT THERE AINT NO POST”
• “I JUST FOUND IT IN MY BAKIN CAN”
• “I DONT LIKE ANY SARGEANT”
• “I DONT CARE MUCH FOR HORSES, THEY FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT ME”
• “MAX GLUCOS WHAT LIVES ON THE NEXT COT”
• “SMITH ARE YOU LAFFIN AT ME?”
• “ONE DAY IT’S OUR TEETH”
• “REMEMBER ME TO YOUR MOTHER”
• “NOT THE KIND YOUR FATHER HAS”
• “I WEAR THEM EVERY NIGHT OVER MY UNIFORM”
• “I BEEN MADE AN OFFICER”
• “SOMEBODIED SET A TRUNK ON THE TURKY”
• “BUILT LIKE THE LEG OF A SAILURS TROWSERS”
• “YOU PAINT A HORSE BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES”
• “I SPENT MINE DOIN KITCHEN POLICE”
• “I WISH THAT HIRED GIRL COULD COME DOWN”
• “A CROQUETTE IS A FRENCH SOCIETY WOMAN”
• “I SAT NEXT TO A COLONELS WIFE
• “MEN HATE TO BE WATCHED WHILE THEY ARE FREEZIN”
• “I HAD A REPUTASHUN FOR A DEVIL WITH THE WIMEN”
• “IT SEEMED TO DEPRES THEM AWFUL”
• “IF I CATCH ONE OF THOSE AILIN ENEMIES WINDIN UP YOUR VICTROLA”
• “STUCK MY HEAD OUT OF THE BLANKETS”
• “WHEN I LOOKED IN THE TIN MIRROR I THOUGHT I WAS STARVIN”
• “THEY COME ROUND AND WATCH YOU EAT IT.”
• “ARMY FOOD ALWAYS RUNS”
• “HE SMOKES CIGARETS SOMETHING AWFUL”
• “I POURED SOME OIL OUT OF HIS LAMP”
• “I EVEN GOT MUD IN MY HAIR”
• “THE WATER COMES THROUGH ON ME”
• “THE LAST TIME I WILL TAKE MY PEN IN HAND FOR YOU”
• “IT WONT BE NO USE RUNIN TO THE DOOR”