Dere Mable

“The only place there flat is on the map,” Bill Smith tells Mable after pitching camp on ground fit for a mountain goat. Even the captain seems to have vanished before anyone can ask how.

In the camps of World War I, rookie Bill faces steep hills, colder nights, baffling orders and a pistol he’s still learning when to draw. He reports it all to Mable in letters that mix homesickness with a cheerful belief that he’s the army’s most useful man—and that his captain appreciates him. From guard duty to the artillery, every new assignment brings another chance to misunderstand military life, while Bill tries to keep the distance between himself and Mable from growing. How much trouble can one rookie get into before the war even begins?

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