World War I 51

Ruth continues her work for the Red Cross and is soon transferred to a hospital that is on the war front. Ruth faces the very real danger of possible death but soon has a greater concern. Ruth asks ……続きを見る

John Gordon Hargrave (6 June 1894 – 21 November 1982), (woodcraft name 'White Fox'), was described in his obituary as an 'author, cartoonist, inventor, lexicographer, artist and psychic healer'. As ……続きを見る

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer, considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History an……続きを見る

This book was written right after the "Great War" it is a fantastic historical image of how contemporaries viewed the war, its causes, results, and how Woodrow Wilson managed and used it to further ……続きを見る

Sir Philip Gibbs (1877-1962) served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. Born in London the son of a civil servant, Gibbs received a home education and determined at……続きを見る

George E. Waring, Jr. (July 4, 1833[1] – October 29, 1898) was an American sanitary engineer and civic reformer. He was an early American designer and advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic se……続きを見る

John Beatty (December 16, 1828 – December 4, 1914) was an American banker and statesman from Sandusky, Ohio. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. (Excerp……続きを見る

Richard Haigh was an Infantry lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Berkshire Infantry Regiment serving in the Somme area in 1916. Shortly after Tanks were first used in battle in September of 1916 the Britis……続きを見る

Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (26 September 1872 – 4 April 1932), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician during the time of World War I, notably serving as F……続きを見る

Ellen LaMotte (1873 - 1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She began her nursing career as a tuberculosis nurse in Baltimore and then served as an army nurse in Europe during World Wa……続きを見る

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 184……続きを見る

Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted……続きを見る

In this unique series, the Civil War comes vividly to life, as those who were there give eye-witness accounts from both sides of the bloody conflict. A sugar farmer and gentleman politician with no ……続きを見る

Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (26 October 1864 – 24 July 1916) was a Scottish-born novelist. During the outbreak of the First World War, she volunteered with the Red Cross Society and sent to Russia and e……続きを見る

Harold Reginald Peat (July 12, 1893 – 1960) was a Canadian soldier and author. Born in Jamaica, and emigrated to Toronto with his mother, Peat was educated privately and at boarding school in Kingst……続きを見る

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne……続きを見る

Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare; Also a Detailed Description of All Matters Appertaining Thereto, Including the Latest Improvements. 続きを見る

First published in 1916, and followed in 1917 by "The Irish on the Somme." The Irish-born author worked as a journalist for the Times when he moved to London and wrote several other books on Irish s……続きを見る

Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz (* 1. Juni 1780 als Carl Philipp Gottlieb Claußwitz in Burg; † 16. November 1831 in Breslau) war ein preußischer Generalmajor, Heeresreformer, Militärtheoretiker……続きを見る

Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human rights is an intensely human and brilliant account of the First World Warshe describes why America entered the conflict, and what the allies fought ……続きを見る

A Study of the Rights of Non-Combatants. A title by James Montgomery Beck who was a United States Solicitor General, author, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvani……続きを見る

Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich, Graf von, 1862-1939. Content: Germany and the United States before the war; The German propaganda in the United States; Political events preceding the "Lusitania" incide……続きを見る

James Watson Gerard (August 25, 1867 – September 6, 1951) was a United States lawyer and diplomat. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Gerard assumed the care of British interests in Germany, la……続きを見る

Major General Sir Thomas Owen Marden KBE, CB, CMG (15 September 1866 – 11 September 1951) was a British Army officer, active during the Boer War and the First World War, where he commanded a battali……続きを見る

A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australia December 1914 till his evacuation due to illness after 5……続きを見る

Published in 1917 by "The Irish on the Somme." The Irish-born author worked as a journalist for the Times when he moved to London and wrote several other books on Irish subjects, including "Irish Li……続きを見る

Sir, William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE (1878-1931) was an Irish-born British portrait painter. He studied art at the Metropolitan School and at the Slade School in London where, at the time, grea……続きを見る

For those interested in the nitty gritty of the Civil War. It is hard to imagine living at a time and in a place where you were not sure where you and your friends stood. (Excerpt from Goodreads) 続きを見る

Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious……続きを見る

Mercy Otis Warren (September 14, [September 25, New Style][1] 1728 – October 19, 1814) was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. In the eighteenth century, topics such as p……続きを見る