Product Description

May Borden worked for four years in an evacuation hospital unit following the front lines up and down the European theatre of the First World War; this beautifully written book is a collection of her memories and impressions of that experience. Describing the men as they march into battle, engaging imaginatively with the stories of individual soldiers, and recounting procedures at the field hospital, the author offers a perspective on the war that is both powerful and intimate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101608 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

About the Author
Born in Chicago, Mary Borden (1886-1968) set up a hospital unit on the Western Front during the First World War, for which she was awarded the 'Croix de Guerre' by the French Government. She went on to have a distinguished career as a writer, publishing a number of novels and her memoirs of her war experiences, 'The Forbidden Zone' (1929).

Customer Reviews

Great book
Mary Borden's book is fascinating - I'm surprised its the first time its been republished since 1929. Its tells a really harrowing story of her WW1 experience running an ambulence service right on the front line. Unlike so many war memoirs its marvellously short (less than 200 pages). Its also fantastically well written. Mary Borden became a well known novelist between the wars and this book is very readable. I'm intending to give it to all my female realtions for Christmas.