Episode 2: The Wipers Times - Newspapers from the Trenches

In early 1916 on an excursion through the ruined city of Ypres, Belgium, British soldiers came across a damaged letterpress machine in a bombed out print shop. Over the next two years, Captain Frederick J. Roberts and his men produced twenty-three issues of gallows humor, poetry, and prose. In this episode, we’ll delve into some of the history, the process, and production of The Wipers Times.

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Episode 2: The Wipers Times - Newspapers from the Trenches is an episode from Books in the Wild by Keri Schroeder.

This episode is 00:26:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2017.

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