Meet the King: Story of the American Expeditionary Force's 9th Convention in Paris 1927 ~ American Legion ~ World War I ~ Herbert G. Moody

Title: Meet the King: Story of the Second A.E.F.'s Pilgrimage After Hitting the Paris Trail

Author: H. [Herbert] G. Moody

Description: Inscribed by the author on the ffep. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light soiling. Three photographs on plates and a few illustrated reproductions of royal invitations, menus, etc. 50 pages. 6.6 x 4.5 inches. Two copies noted on OCLC (BYU and California State Library at Sacramento).

A lighthearted account of the American Legion's 9th annual convention in Paris and their associated European tour in 1927. Travelers to the convention were known as the Second American Expeditionary Force, this being the ten years anniversary of their initial arrival in France to fight in the Great War.

As recorded, with much liveliness, their journey made its way through France (Cherbourg, Paris, Nice), and then on to Monte Carlo, Italy (meeting King Victor and also vociferously cheering Mussolini), the Vatican for an audience with Pope Pius XI, Brussels (meeting the king and queen), and London (meeting the royal family, Lady Churchill, and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin).

Herbert G. Moody (1890-1962) was a World War I veteran and a newspaper editor and publisher in northern California.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Winwick Co.
Place: New York
Year: 1931

Keywords: Army, American Expeditionary Force, American Legion, annual convention, World War I, WWI, 1927,