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Thursday, June 16, 2011

World War One papers of Walter Page and Colonel House

The Intimate Papers of Colonel House, by Charles Seymore
A two volume hardcover set from 1926

Colonel E. M. House was not really a colonel. He did however strongly influence a president. He helped Wilson become president, and later helped set the US wartime foreign policy. These books include his papers up until 1917 when the US enters the war. In 1919 he will fall out of favor with Wilson, but till then he was the closest of advisers, even living in the White House for awhile.

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, by Burton J. Hendrick  (Pulitzer Prize winner of 1923!)
A two volume hardcover set from 1922

Walter Page was the US ambassador to Britain during WWI. He was very pro-British and helped bring the US into the war on the British side.

Come and enjoy the behind the scenes drama of WWI.  The sets are $7.00 each, at 1/3  the Internet price.  Both are located on the new non-fiction table.