Dere Mable

The letters were first published as a recurring humorous column titled Love Letters of a Rookie in a division newspaper called Gas Attack, which Edward Streeter and his fellow soldiers created while training at Camp Wadsworth [1.1.5].

Edward Streeter continued the story of Bill Smith and Mable in two subsequent volumes titled That's Me All Over, Mable and Same Old Bill, eh Mable.

A separate book titled Dere Bill: Mable's Love Letters to her Rookie was written by Florence Elizabeth Summers as a response to the original collection.