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Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front
- GenresHistory
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1915
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Irvin S. Cobb
313 books18 followers(Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb)
American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.
He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. Several of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted for two feature films during the 1930s directed by John Ford.
American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.
He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. Several of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted for two feature films during the 1930s directed by John Ford.
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October 31, 2025
American war correspondent who followed the German invasion of Belgium and France during the first world war.
if there was anything this book impressed upon me more than any other book on the WW1, and something I'd never even thought of till reading this, is the stench of the war.
hundreds of soldiers being burried under forts their bodies unable to be recovered, but still not fully covered; thousands of bodies of dead soldiers being left for weeks in the middle of no man's land out in the open in the heat of summer; wounded soldiers massed on trains their wounds barely treated or covered, left to fester on the return journey.
many books took of the horrors of war, and this does so equally effectively.
But none describe the smell in such graphic detail as this one
if there was anything this book impressed upon me more than any other book on the WW1, and something I'd never even thought of till reading this, is the stench of the war.
hundreds of soldiers being burried under forts their bodies unable to be recovered, but still not fully covered; thousands of bodies of dead soldiers being left for weeks in the middle of no man's land out in the open in the heat of summer; wounded soldiers massed on trains their wounds barely treated or covered, left to fester on the return journey.
many books took of the horrors of war, and this does so equally effectively.
But none describe the smell in such graphic detail as this one
October 2, 2019
Link to my review: https://youtu.be/YEkMd6kF2Jk
April 3, 2016
Most powerful anti-war book I've ever read.
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