Coningsby William Dawson

Gebundenes Buch

Observation Posts

The Letters of an Artillery Officer on the Western Front During the Great War-Carry on and Living Bayonets

Beschreibung

Letters from under the Guns Observation Posts, a special Leonaur book, brings together two books by Dawson concerning warfare as experienced by the men in the trenches during the First World War on the Western Front. 'Carry On' and its sequel 'Living Bayonets' are based on the author's time as an artillery officer and principally comprise his letters to his family. Dawson was an intelligent, thoughtful correspondent who in fine prose has left posterity an intimate 'gunner's' view of the Great War making this book an essential source work for students of the period. This good value 'two-in-one' Leonaur edition enables collectors to own these uncommon and related accounts in a single, value-for-money volume. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Autor

Coningsby Dawson (1883 - 1959) was an Anglo-American novelist and soldier, Canadian Field Artillery, born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Dawson attended Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1902 and taking a second class degree in Modern History in 1905. He went to America, where he did special work for English newspapers on Canadian subjects, traveling widely during the period. He lived at Taunton, Massachusetts, from 1906 to 1910, when he became literary adviser to the George H. Doran Publishing Company. At his parents' home in Taunton, Massachusetts, he wrote poems, short stories and three novels: Garden Without Walls (1913), an immediate success, followed by The Raft and Slaves of Freedom. In 1906 while travelling in western Canada collecting material for magazine articles Coningsby stayed in Nelson, British Columbia. He was impressed with the beauty of the Kootenays and sent a telegram to his brother Reg, encouraging him to come west and try his hand at apple growing. Coningsby's father purchased 40 acres and Reg cleared the land, built a cabin and planted trees. The ranch, as it was called, became a summer destination for the family. In his wartime letters home Con fondly recalls the time spent at the ranch as he gazes at the moon from the battlefield trenches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oakpast
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780857067432
• ISBN-10: 0857067435
• Artikelnr.: 34750308