Switchboard soldiers : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Banker, Grace, -- 1892-1960.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Novels.
Telephone operators -- Fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps -- Fiction.
War fiction.
War stories.
Women soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- Fiction.
Banker, Grace, -- 1892-1960.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Novels.
Telephone operators -- Fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps -- Fiction.
War fiction.
War stories.
Women soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
453 pages ; 24 cm
Street Date
2207
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
June 1917. Arriving in France, General John Pershing found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet. Well-trained American telephone operators were women-- who were not permitted to enlist. But the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. Grace Banker of New Jersey, Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman, and Valerie DeSmedt, a Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles, were sworn in to replace male soldiers. For these The switchboard soldiers worked as bombs fell around them-- as was the threat of a deadly new disease: the Spanish Flu. Not all would survive. - adapted from jacket