| (Hervey Allen)
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| During the American Civil War, Colonel Nathaniel Franklin, a Union officer, is reluctant to burn the house of a Confederate officer named Crittenden. As the campaign progresses, Franklin realizes that he is in love with Mrs. Crittenden, the officer's widow. This novel was a bestseller when first published.
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| (Joseph Lievesley Beeston)
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| This is a narrative of personal experiences of Joseph Lievesley Beeston, the officer commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force. The ship carrying the men from Australia cleared Albany, Western Australia, on the last day of 1914 and landed at what is now known as Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.
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| (Charles Yale Harrison)
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| This is a first person account of trench warfare in World War I. Behind the lines the men go on leave and unwind. It makes for compelling reading and, when first published in 1930, was an international bestseller.
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| (John Buchan)
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| This is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring Richard Hannay. Set in World War I, Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war.
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| (George Orwell)
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| This is Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War.
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| (John Buchan)
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| Set in the later years of World War I, Richard Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. He is forced to work undercover disguised as a pacifist, roaming the country incognito to investigate the deadly spy and his agents, and then heads to the Swiss Alps to save Europe from being overwhelmed by the German army.
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| (George Witton)
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| George Witton was a Lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa. He was sentenced to death for murder after the shooting of Boer prisoners. He was subsequently reprieved by Kitchener, although Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant who had been court-martialed with him were executed by a firing squad on 27 February 1902. [Wikipedia]
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| (T E Lawrence)
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| This autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918, is considered a modern classic.
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| (Frederic Manning)
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| This classic novel was considered by Ernest Hemingway and many other authors and critics to be the finest novel of World War I. The book is about the way men behave when they go into action. The Hero, Bourne, is a highly educated man and one who is able to relate to all types of men.
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