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Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I

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Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I

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Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I. O'Shea, Stephen. Published by Walker & Co., New York, 1996. Fine condition hardback with its original dust cover. 205 pgs.

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