Book titled "Walden, or Life in the Woods" by Henry David Thoreau, with a dark maroon cover and 294 pages, carried by Webb Miller at the time of his death in 1940 and recovered. Miller made notes in inside that he carried it with Italian Army in Ethiopia, Sept. 1935; with Franco Army, Spain 1936; and with British Expeditionary Forces in France, October 1939.

H—1 W—4.5 L—6.8 inches

Webb Miller was born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduated from Dowagiac High School around 1910, and went on to become a journalist in Chicago. He covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at the United Press. He stayed with UP and covered World War I, Gandhi, Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, and came to head UP Europe. He died a mysterious death in 1940.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.

2007—0012.0216

Book

Miller, Webb

Webb MIller
Thoreau's "Walden"

1908

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