Bigger Field Awaits Us

Author : Andrew Beaujon
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780897337380

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Bigger Field Awaits Us by Andrew Beaujon Pdf

A captivating and poignant tale, this is the little-known story of a group of Scottish athletes and their fans who went to war together—and what happened to the few who made it home. The saga of McCrae's Battalion brings much-needed human scale to World War I and explains why a group of young men from a small country with almost no direct connection to the conflict would end up sacrificing their careers, their homes, their health, and in many cases their lives to an abstract cause.

Author : Nigel McCrery
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473505858

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The Final Season by Nigel McCrery Pdf

A moving narrative history of the professional footballers who fought and died in World War I, with a foreword by Gary Lineker. In 1914, as today, successful footballers were heroes and role models. They were the sporting superstars of their time; symbols of youth, health and vigour. Naturally enough, when war broke out they felt it was their duty to join up and fight. Between 1914 and 1918, 213 professional players fell in action. Some teams lost half their players, either killed or else so badly injured in mind and body that they were never to play again. The Final Season is the powerfully moving account of these young men who swapped the turf of the pitch and the cheers of the fans for the freezing mud of the battlefield and the terrible scream of shell fire. It follows them as they leave their fans and families behind, undergo training and then travel on to the bloody arenas of war: Ypres, Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele. Nigel McCrery paints these men in vivid detail. From their achievements on the football pitch to their heroic conduct on the battlefield, we will learn of the selfless courage and determination they displayed in the face of adversity. For far too many, we will also learn when, and how, they made the ultimate sacrifice.

Author : United States. Bureau of Manufactures
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UOM:39015067314685

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Reports from the Consuls of the United States (varies Slightly) by United States. Bureau of Manufactures Pdf

Author : Thomas Cooper
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783368940447

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The Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise, Recorded as Examples for the Young by Thomas Cooper Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044048688139

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Scientific Tracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000559880

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part I Vol 3 by Tim Fulford,Peter J Kitson,Tim Youngs Pdf

A collection of work that attempts to reflect the diversity of travel literature from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This literature often reveals something of the cultural and gender difference of the travellers, as well as ideas on colonialism, anthropology and slavery.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005981829

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United States Consular Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z181777103

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“The” Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103170085

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The Quarterly Review (London) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081657961

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The London Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Gifford,Sir John Taylor Coleridge,John Gibson Lockhart,Whitwell Elwin,William Macpherson,William Smith,Sir John Murray IV,Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015031319596

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The Quarterly Review by William Gifford,Sir John Taylor Coleridge,John Gibson Lockhart,Whitwell Elwin,William Macpherson,William Smith,Sir John Murray IV,Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) Pdf

Author : Ugo Foscolo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044079213765

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Narrative and Romantic Poems of the Italians by Ugo Foscolo Pdf

Author : Sir John Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015073755715

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A Voyage of Discovery by Sir John Ross Pdf

Contains a journal of the voyage with information on ice conditions, descriptions of the Polar Eskimos of the Cape York Region, and of extensive stretches of red snow seen there. Also includes a record of personal equipment, all orders, and work carried out. Appendices include observations on magnetic variations, zoology, geology, latitudes and longitudes.

Author : John Ross
Publisher : London : Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Baffin Bay
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000129628

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A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring Into the Probability of a North-west Passage by John Ross Pdf

Author's journal of 1818 expedition in search of Northwest Passage. Includes information on ice conditions, and descriptions of Polar Eskimos of Cape York region and of extensive stretches of red snow seen there. Also contains record of personnel, equipment, all orders, and work carried out.

Author : John Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ZBZH:ZBZ-00058541

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“A” Voyage of Discovery for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring Into the Probably of a North West Passage by John Ross Pdf