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Historical books online
*[https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/topic_knitting.html#books Digital Archive of Documents Related to Knitting] contains the following books as pdfs. Scroll down. ''Knitting and Sewing. How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy'' by Maud Churchill Nicoll. 1918, 209 pages and ''Khaki Knitting Book'' by Olive Whiting 1917, 58 pages. University of Arizona [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics]. ''Khaki Knitting Book'' [https://archive.org/details/khakiknittingboo00whit Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/priscillawarwork00pris ''The Priscilla War Work Book, including directions for knitted garments and comfort kits from the American Red Cross, and knitted garments for the Boy Scout''] 1917 Archive.org.
*The subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'' includes many Papers and Reports in respect of the First World War. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]] for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module for this period. Included are War Cabinet Reports. Also ''General Annual Reports on the British Army (including the territorial force from the date of embodiment) for the period from 1st October, 1913, to 30th September, 1919''. Command Papers/ Accounts and Papers/ Session: 1921/Paper Number: Cmd. 1193. (Acronym sometimes used is GARBA)
*Fiction
**Spy thrillers by John Buchan featuring lead character Richard Hannay, set immediately prior, or during WW1.
*:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207444 ''The Thirty-nine Steps''] by John Buchan. First published 1915. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/39_steps_0807_librivox Librivox Audio] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Nine_Steps Wikipedia] details of the book.
*:[https://archive.org/details/greenmantle00buch ''Greenmantle''] by John Buchan 1916 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/greenmantle_version_2_1309_librivox Librivox Audio], catalogued Version 2. (Other files are available). Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenmantle Wikipedia]
*:[https://archive.org/details/mrstandfast00buch_0 ''Mr. Standfast''] 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/mr_standfast_1203_librivox Librivox Audio] Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Standfast Wikipedia].
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