{"product_id":"serving-the-doughboy-mary-frances-willard-9781476692647","title":"Serving the Doughboy: Letters of a YMCA Worker in France, 1918-1919","description":"\u003cp\u003e Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.S. troops in France during World War I. During the war's final months, she operated a canteen and post exchange in Troyes, attended to convalescing servicemen, arranged their burials and wrote letters to their families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After the Armistice, she headed canteen operations in Le Mans for hundreds of thousands of returning servicemen in embarkation camps. In her final months in France, she toured battlefields and the decimated towns along the Western Front. Presented in historical context, her weekly letters home--from August 1918 through July 1919--relate stories of her service to the doughboys and her interactions with French citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Frances Willard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476692645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476692647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Mary Frances Willard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634782499071,"sku":"9781476692647","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8d69cef-6596-4e15-bd3a-d582c2731bd7.jpg?v=1703590888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serving-the-doughboy-mary-frances-willard-9781476692647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}