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Record 29114

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Three o'clock. I was trying to read my book, but I did not take in what I was reading. Instead of words on the page, I saw Germans, Germans coming over the crest, lines of Germans advancing down the hill, single Germans crouching behind their derelict huts.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jun 1918 and 30 Jun 1918
Country: Belgium
Time: night: 3 AM
Place: city: Scherpenberg Hill, Belgium
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Patrick James Campbell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender n/a
Date of Birth 1897
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Artillery officer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: Belgium
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29114  
Source - Print  
  Author: Patrick James Campbell
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Ebb and Flow of Battle
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1977
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 86
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Patrick James Campbell, The Ebb and Flow of Battle (London, 1977), p. 86, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29114, accessed: 01 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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