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Elbridge Colby (1891–1982)

Author of The First Army in Europe

9 Works 38 Members 1 Review

About the Author

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Please do not combine Elbridge Colby with Elbridge A. Colby. They are two different authors.
There is no Elbridge A. Colby entered on LT.

Series

The Combat Arms Series

Works by Elbridge Colby

The First Army in Europe (1963) 10 copies

Army talk; a familiar dictionary of soldier speech. (1942) 9 copies

Strategic Stability: Contending Interpretations (2013) 7 copies

English Catholic poets, Chaucer to Dryden. (1936) 3 copies

Masters of mobile warfare (1943) 3 copies

The life of Thomas Holcroft 2 copies

Theodore Winthrop (1965) 2 copies

If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War: A Strategy for the New Great-Power Rivalry [journal article] 1 copy

The Echo-Device in Literature (Classic Reprint) (2016) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1891-10-04
Date of death: 1982-12-27
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Relationships: Colby, William Egan (son)
Disambiguation notice: Please do not combine Elbridge Colby with Elbridge A. Colby. They are two different authors.
There is no Elbridge A. Colby entered on LT.

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Reviews

Theodore Winthrop by Elbridge Colby

Intersting life of a minor writer who was one of the earliest Union casualties in the Civil War.

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Lists

Trinity College Booklist (1951): Class Six, Biography (1)

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Statistics

Works: 9
Members: 38
Popularity: #383,442
Rating: 3.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 5

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