| Soldiering and Scribbling a Series of Sketches Contributor(s): Forbes, Archibald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0548016836 ISBN-13: 9780548016831 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 1872. Forbes, a brilliant war correspondent, spent his later years in literary work. This volume contains a collection of his essays including: A Penny a Day; At the Christmas Cattle-Market; Soldiers' Wives; In a Military Prison; German War Prayers; Flogged; A Sunday Afternoon at Guy's; Butcher Jack's Story; Bummarees; A Deserter's Story; Lions and Lion-taming; Cat's-meat; Army Crimes and Punishment; The Story of the Megaera; A March on Brighton; Furs; Christmas in a Cavalry Regiment; Christmas in the Foreposts, 1870; Workhouse and Christmas Depravity, 1871; and Christmas among the Beggars. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |