<I>First Lessons in Spoken French for Men in Military Service</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1917
name: label: Written by
content: Ernest H. Wilkins, American, 1880 - 1966
label: Written by
content: Algernon Coleman, American, 1876 - 1939
label: Written by
content: Howard R. Huse, American, 1890 - 1977
label: Published by
content: University of Chicago Press, American, founded 1890
notes: label: Description
content: First Lessons In Spoken French For Men in Military Service is a blue cloth wrapped book. The title and authors are in black print on top of the front cover, [FIRST LESSONS IN SPOKEN FRENCH / FOR MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE / Wilkins, Coleman, and Huse]. At the center is the Coat of Arms of the University of Chicago that is comprised of an open book and a phoenix over a flame. At the bottom is name of the publisher, [THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS]. The back cover is blank. The inner cover has a handwritten inscription in graphite that reads, [Capt. C. N. Caldwell / 1st Miss Leif / Personal. [underlined]] The work begins with a preface that states, [The purpose of this book is to help men in American military service (1) to understand what may be said to them in French; (2) to make themselves understood in French; (3) to understand printed French.] The work is 124 pages.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.111.24.3
objectType: label: Type
content: instructional materials
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 3/8 in. (16.5 × 10.5 × 1 cm)