The heavy wheel had mashed the head of it flat. In impressions which I wrote when the memory of the incident was vivid in my mind, I said that, to me, this shabby little rag doll typified Belgium. Since then I have seen many sights.
... summer French army expansion and reorganisation brought twelve new divisions to the front, 75mm ammunition supply became adequate, and the steady increase in the size of the BEF freed the French 2nd Army for operations in Champagne.
A world-famous expert on the French military provides a major contribution to our understanding of World War I. He reveals why and how the French army fought as it did, with profiles of the senior commanders--Joffre, Ptain, Nivelle, and ...
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer returns with a triumphant historical novel, Paths of Glory. Paths of Glory, is the story of such a man—George Mallory.
This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.
A fictionalized account of the life of teacher George Mallory follows his brilliant education, service in World War I, and his fatal attempt to summit Mount Everest in 1924.
In Paths of Glory, the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century, Stephen Brumwell seeks to answer that question, drawing upon extensive research to offer a reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic ...
A chilling portrait of injustice, this novel offers insight into the tragedies of war in any age. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
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A chilling portrait of injustice, this novel offers insight into the tragedies of war in any age. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
Articles from The Saturday Evening Post.
"Paths of Glory", written in 1935, takes place in the French army during World War I. An exhausted regiment is charged with the task of seizing an impregnable German stronghold.
Excerpt: ...be marvelously modest touching on their own performances in the event of their surviving those most fatal blandishments. Pretty soon we told the Staff good night, according to the...
Paths of Glory
Irvin S. Cobb (born June 23, 1876, Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.--died March 10, 1944, New York City, New York) was an American humorist and newspaper columnist for The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan.
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
Reproduction of the original: Paths of Glory by Irvin S. Cobb