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  • The Fur Trade and the Northwest to 1857

    by Edwin E. Rich ...
    Series Book 11 - The Canadian Centenary Series
    Volume XI of the Canadian Centenary SeriesNow available as e-books for the first time, the Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive nineteen-volume history of the peoples and lands which form Canada. Although the series is designed as a unified whole so that no part of the story is left untold, each volume is complete in itself.The Great Shield of Canada, composed of Precambrian rock overlaid ... Read more

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  • Covered With Mud And Glory: A Machine Gun Company In Action ("Ma Mitrailleuse")

    Translated by Anon. ...
    The author of this book, SERGEANT-MAJOR GEORGES LAFOND, of the Territorial Hussars, was in South America at the time of mobilization. He returned to France as soon as possible and joined his corps, but asked to be assigned as intelligence officer to the machine-gun sections of the first regiment of Colonial Infantry.With this picked corps, which has been decimated several times, he took part in ... Read more

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  • Covered With Mud and Glory: A Machine Gun Company in Action ("Ma Mitrailleuse")

    Enriched edition. A Soldier's Raw and Unfiltered Account of Warfare

    Translated by Edwin Gile Rich ...
    In "Covered With Mud and Glory: A Machine Gun Company in Action (Ma Mitrailleuse)," Georges Lafond offers a visceral and unfiltered account of the grueling experiences of a machine gun company during World War I. Written in a stark, colloquial prose that mirrors the chaos and camaraderie of trench warfare, Lafond's narrative immerses readers in the daily lives of soldiers grappling with fear, ... Read more

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  • Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    "Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)" is a collection of three works of historical fiction in which Tolstoy draws upon his real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol. The titular location draws its name from that of a city in Crimea and takes place during the Crimean war. The three tales in this collection are respectively titled "Sevastopol in December", "Sevastopol in May", and ... Read more

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  • A Passionate Prodigality

    Fragments of Autobiography

    by Guy Chapman ...
    This classic WWI memoir by a decorated infantryman and historian presents a vivid account of life in the trenches on the Western Front.During World War One, Major Guy Chapman, OBE MC, served in the Royal Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. Joining soon after war was declared, Chapman was stationed in France and fought in the Battle of Arras.When Chapman's memoir, A ... Read more

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  • Sevastopol Sketches

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Series series World Classics
    "Sevastopol Sketches" immerses readers in the brutal reality of the Crimean War through Tolstoy's firsthand experiences. With vivid detail, Tolstoy portrays the heroism, despair, and camaraderie among soldiers besieged within Sevastopol's walls. This work transcends mere war narrative, offering deep reflections on morality, the human spirit, and the paradoxes of courage and fear, pain and ... Read more

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  • The Soul of the War

    by Philip Gibbs ...
    Series series World War Classics Presents
    Gibbs reviews the true horror of man, the true horror of war. In this book he spends much time revealing the sacrifices, heartaches and unimaginable horrors that the French and the Belgians had to endure during the Great War.He speaks of his time volunteering as a stretcher-bearer for an ambulance service and risks and dangers that he undertook to try and save as many young men as possible. His ... Read more

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  • The Wet Flanders Plain

    The Wet Flanders Plain was first published in 1929 - also the year of, inter alia, Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Graves's Goodbye to All That, and Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. Henry Williamson's book stands alongside those works as a classic of the Great War.In 1928 Williamson revisited the battlefields of Flanders and Northern France in the company of a fellow veteran. He wanted ... Read more

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  • Now It Can Be Told

    A War Correspondent's Raw Account of Conflict and Chaos

    by Philip Gibbs ...
    In "Now It Can Be Told," Philip Gibbs provides a poignant and unfiltered account of the First World War, drawing heavily from his personal experiences as a war correspondent. The book is distinguished by its vivid imagery and raw emotional depth, capturing the harrowing realities of trench warfare while also tackling the psychological implications of conflict. Gibbs's literary style balances ... Read more

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  • A Soldier of the Legion

    by Edward Morlae ...
    Example in this ebookWhen Sergeant Morlae turned up at the Atlantic office and, with his head cocked on one side, remarked ingratiatingly, "I'm told this is the highest-toned office in the United States," there was nothing to do but to assure him he was right and to make him quite comfortable while he told his wonderful story. That story, however, was not told consecutively, but in chapters as his ... Read more

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  • France at War

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