Gone to War
Vol. Three of New Mexico Gal
Published on 31. May 2018
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-1-9736-2874-3 (ISBN)
Description
Gone to War is a concisely written historical novel with a slice of romance about army nurse Emma who, after battling anti-German American prejudice, is among the first group sent to France in 1917. Surviving the "periscope pond," she arrives in France. Briefly, she's reunited with her fiancé, Wolfe, an army doctor who's also part of an advanced party in Paris. Assigned to a forward aid station, Emma grapples with the wounded, knee-deep mud, biting-cold conditions, medical shortages, and unfamiliar food. Emotionally, she faces the death and disturbing mutilation of young boys crying for their mothers.
A close Latino friend, Juan, visits often, bringing news of Wolfe and raising her spirits. One night, Juan brings news that Wolfe, while visiting the Allied trenches, disappeared during an enemy raid. Wolfe is rescued but suffers from shell shock. He'd been taken prisoner by a Texan German American who was forced to join the German Army. Emma's love and a "rocking chair" regimen helps Wolfe regain his interest in medicine.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9736-2874-3 (9781973628743)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Enid is very familiar with the Army Nurse Corps having first come in contact with army nurses when the family followed their army dentist father around camps during WW2. During the Viet Nam era war, Enid, an officer in the Women's Army Corps, served at William Beaumont General Army Hospital in El Paso, Texas, residing in the nurses' quarters and commanded a company of army practical nurses, and other enlisted women medical specialists. Not a nurse, Enid is a retired research librarian and teacher. She's published a research guide with Greenwood Press as well as written and self-published six other books. Gone to War is her sixth book based on historical events.