Watts Libraryspace by Melissa Stewart

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Watts Libraryspace by Melissa Stewart

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 8th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), 171 Infantry Brigade, 57th Division, covering February 1918 to December 1918 across 178 pages. It names 33 places across 35 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 36 reports, narratives and plans, 49 Operation Orders, two defence schemes and four maps. Among the papers are: Preliminary report on operations East and South East of Inchy; Report on operations carried out from 1st to 9th October 1918; Report on operations carried out from 17th to 23rd October 1918; Administrative instructions with Reference to operation order No. 4; 8th (Irish) Battalion The King's (L'Pool Regiment) operation order No. 17; Issue with Reference to operation order No. 17; With Reference to operation order No. 18; To All Recipients of with Reference to operation orders No.18 and 20; Administrative instructions issued with operation order No. 33; 8th (Irish) Battalion The King's (L'Pool R.)Administrative Instruction issued; Tedo operation order; Special order by J.P. Johns M.C. Commanding 9th (Irish) Battalion The King's (Liverpool. The diary opens at Pont De Neeppe on 15 February 1918. 1918 is spent at Hellemes, Gommecourt, Arras, Victory Camp and Bourecq. It closes at Berneville on 31 December 1918. Hellemes is where it spent longest, 31 days, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Gommecourt three separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau De La Haie 57 DNE.J.6. In 1918 it is also recorded at Caudescure, Nouveau Monde, Fleurbaix, Estaires, Le Souich, Warlincourt, Terramesnil, Pommera, Authie and Gommecourt E.29.
Melissa Stewart has written more than 50, and edited more than 200 science books for children. Her degrees in biology and science journalism testify to her ability and desire to make science come alive. Her devotion to getting kids excited about science and the natural world takes her into the woods, where she leads nature walks and into the classroom, where she teaches writing, at the Institute of Children's Literature and other places.

Melissa's work has garnered many awards, including the National Science Teachers Association Recommended Title and the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age.

Melissa lives in Northborough, MA.

Life in a Lake was the National Science Teachers Association Recommended Title.Life Without Light was the New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age.

The Institute of Children's Literature is in Redding, CT. (It offers correspondence courses, so Melissa has students all over the US and Canada, and some from other countries too.)

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780531120163
ISBN 10 0531120163
Title Watts Libraryspace
Author Melissa Stewart
Series Watts Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Franklin Watts
Year published 2002-09-01
Number of pages 63
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.