Project Gutenberg 2005-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 123 Stone, Barney Ross, Gordon 1873 1946 Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Michelle Croyle, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie" by Barney Stone is a humorous collection of letters written during World War I, likely in the early 20th century. This book comprises a series of fictional correspondence in which the protagonist, a dapper yet naive soldier named Barney, writes to his beloved Julie about his experiences in the army and the quirks of military life. The letters range from amusing anecdotes about his fellow soldiers and their escapades to his reflections on love and longing for home. The narrative unfolds through Barney's vividly comedic and colorful letters that reveal the absurdities and challenges of military training and the camaraderie among soldiers. Barney's character emerges as a lovable goofball, often writing about the misadventures of his friend Skinny, and sharing humorous observations about the soldiers' daily struggles, food shortages, and the female attention they receive overseas. The letters not only capture the spirit of the times and the sentiments of love across distance but also provide a light-hearted commentary on the absurdities of war, making the story both entertaining and relatable for readers, whether they seek humor or a nostalgic look at wartime romance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Anecdotes PN Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature 90747 90230 2024-10-07T06:07:24.902533 2023-09-07T07:41:03.129988 text/html text/html 87586 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 653311 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 724845 2024-10-07T06:07:36.673514 application/epub+zip 716017 2024-10-07T06:07:30.327494 application/epub+zip 99288 2024-10-07T06:07:26.858704 application/epub+zip 5755111 2024-10-07T06:07:40.058456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5739259 2024-10-07T06:07:33.048512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166705 2022-09-07T22:23:39.469704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75784 75704 2024-10-07T06:07:24.499518 2023-09-07T07:41:02.862099 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75545 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30944 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 75542 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30929 2020-12-14T09:06:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21104 2024-10-07T06:07:40.206451 application/rdf+xml 12141 2024-10-07T06:07:27.400528 image/jpeg 3122 2024-10-07T06:07:27.129511 image/jpeg 727262 2024-10-07T06:07:24.960529 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog