The living unknown soldier
Subtitle: a story of grief and the Great War
By: Jean-Yves Le Naour ; translated by Penny Allen.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Mangin, Anthelme, d. 1942; Soldiers -- France -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Unknown military personnel, French; Amnesiacs -- France
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In February 1918, a derelict soldier was discovered wandering the railway station in Lyon, France. With no memory of his name or his past, no identifying possessions, marks, or documents, the soldier - given the name Anthelme Mangin - was sent to an asylum for the insane. When, after the Great War ended, the authorities placed the soldier's image in advertisements to locate his family, hundreds of "relatives" claimed him - as their father or son, husband or brother who had failed to return from the front."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-233) and index.