Author: Gallaudet, H. D
Title: We Went to War
Description: New York: Coward McCann, (1939). (1939). New York: Coward McCann, (1939). (1939). Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. The spine is darkened with its head lightly chipped & the label is chipped. 116 pages. Despite its flaws, a very good copy.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author shortly after publication on the front endpaper: "To Amelie, John, Marian & Creeger [?]: / With much love, / Uncle Hubert. / September 18, 1939.

Herbert Draper Gallaudet [1876 -1944] was the youngest son of Edward Miner Galludet, who founded Gallaudet University, the first college for the deaf. Herbert Gallaudet became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Waterbury, Conn. in 1912 and served there until he retired in 1938. He served as an army captain during World War I. These World War I poems are based on his own experiences. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; HERBERT DRAPER GALLAUDET; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WE WENT TO WAR; WORLD WAR I; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

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