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Book/Printed Material The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's. The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's

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Title

  • The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's.

Other Title

  • The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's

Summary

  • The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's is a short manuscript book of ink drawings and verse, probably produced by a British officer working at the General Head Quarters of the British Army in Montreuil Sur Mer, France, in 1917, during World War I. The subjects of the poems and drawings are the aides de camp working at the Allied General Staff. An aide de camp is a military officer who works as personal assistant or secretary to senior army or naval personnel. Among those caricatured was Colonel Alan Fletcher, senior aide de camp to Field Marshall Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force. The author of this satirical work clearly wished to remain anonymous. The back cover of the book features what is ostensibly a view of the author, in uniform, from the rear, with the caption "Back view of the author of this regrettable publication." It can easily be imagined that this book was passed round to a number of the officers at headquarters and that the author did not want it to fall into the wrong hands or to have his identity discovered.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1917-04.

Headings

  • -  France--Nord - Pas-de-Calais--Montreuil
  • -  1917-04
  • -  Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  English poetry
  • -  Great Britain. Army
  • -  Military officers
  • -  Parody
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Satires (Visual works)
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: The British Library.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World War I

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668073

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04, 1917] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668073/.

APA citation style:

(1917) The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668073/.

MLA citation style:

The Bad Child's Book of A.D.C's. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -04, 1917] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668073/>.