AN AMERICAN ON THE WESTERN FRONT: The First World War Letters of Arthur Clifford Kimber, 1917-18

The American serviceman's letters home give a vivid picture of what Kimber witnessed on his journey from Palo Alto, California to the front in France: keen-eyed descriptions of New York as it prepared for the forthcoming conflict, the privations of wartime Britain and France, and encounters with former president Theodore Roosevelt. Photos.