Adding Books

[Alan]

Sorry Dimitri not at the moment I want to see how the Kindle version does, but I am hoping to do a paper back version, I will let you know.

[Alan]

The Assassins

My book the 'Assassins' is currently on sale for 99p for the next four days.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Ala...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I'm afraid I'm not keeping up with all of you. Today, this came across my radar and wondered if any of you had read it, or might be interested.

With The Flying Squadron: The War Letters of Harold Rosher

[Jeffrey]

The first book in my First World War trilogy came out on 16 May. I'd humbly like to request it be added to the bookshelf, too. It's historical fiction, set in Newfoundland, Ireland, France, and Gallipoli. Earliest reviews say great characters and an emotional read.

My book is "None of Us the Same" and I'm . Hope you'll consider it for inclusion.

[Since posting this, None of Us the Same was awarded an indieB.R.A.G. Medallion, named a 2017 Book of the Year Finalist in Historical Fiction by the Independent Author Network and given a "Discovering Diamonds" review.]

[Jeffrey]

Maggie wrote: "Gabriele wrote: "Hi Jenna,

How great to see this group! My latest two novels take place during WW1 and so I've developed an addiction to that era through my research. You might want to check out m..."

Uncomfortable plugging my own books, so will keep this short. My book, None of Us the Same, came out in May. Main character is a highly opinionated and guilt-ridden working class nurse from Dublin. Getting very strong reviews, so not hesitant to recommend. First vol of a trilogy, with second book out before Christmas.

[Sep]

Your book sounds interesting. Will download on my Kindle as soon as I get home. How did you decide to write on this subject? Family stories?

[Dimitri]

Not a bad collection of French oral history. Originally published in 2012, Pen and Sword books is reprinting it (according to the Waterstone's UK website) on 30 november:

They Shall Not Pass: The French Army on the Western Front 1914-1918

[bookThey Shall Not Pass: The French Army on the Western Front 1914-1918|36404665] by Ian Sumner

Synopsis:

This graphic collection of first-hand accounts sheds new light on the experiences of the French army during the Great War. It reveals in authentic detail the perceptions and emotions of soldiers and civilians who were caught up in the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen.

[Dimitri]

A word of warning:

1) The Somme by Gary Sheffield is a small book. How can those 150 pages tell anything new after a dozen Somme titles under your belt ?

2) I enjoyed Kendall's Neuve Chapelle book immensely, but the editor for this one should be drawn and quartered. In a book of regular one-hand size rather than A3, the text is printed in two columns per page.
Bullecourt 1917: Breaching the Hindenburg Line by Paul Kendall

['Aussie Rick']

I totally agree with Dimitri in regards to the formatting of Paul Kendall's books (A3 double column is a real pain). I much prefer the layout of his book on Neuve Chapelle.

[Andrew]

Good War, Great Men.: 313th Machine Gun Battalion of World War I
I appreciate the interest you all have in the Great War, and I would humbly ask you to check out my new book called "Good War, Great Men." I reduced the Kindle price to $0.99 in hopes that the members of this group would consider reading the book and giving me feedback on the writing as well as the events found within the pages. I've researched this one battalion for over 10 years. The writings of these men just had to be made available for others to read. I truly hope you enjoy their prose as much as I enjoyed researching their stories.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Andrew Capets

[Dimitri]

This is definitely a 'cultural' WWI book. OUP and omg that cover art...

Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen by Christopher Capozzola

[Sep]

Andrew wrote: "
Good War, Great Men.: 313th Machine Gun Battalion of World War I
I appreciate the interest you ..."

Just downloaded it and looking forward to reading. Happy Thanksgiving! Sep

[Terry]

I purchased it, don’t know when I will finish it. Thanks for the discount. Happy Thanksgiving to you &yoirs as well.

[Jan C]

I got it yesterday.

[Andrew]

Sep wrote: "Andrew wrote: "
Good War, Great Men.: 313th Machine Gun Battalion of World War I
I appreciate th..."

Thank you Sep! I hope you enjoy it. I will surely give Thanks today.

[Andrew]

Jan C wrote: "I got it yesterday."

Thank you Jan! Truly appreciate it.

[Andrew]

Terry wrote: "I purchased it, don’t know when I will finish it. Thanks for the discount. Happy Thanksgiving to you &yoirs as well."
Thanks Terry, my pleasure. Enjoy your Thanksgiving as well.

[Jeffrey]

Here are a couple books I found remarkably useful researching my own WWI hist fic trilogy:

Soldiers’ Songs and Slang of the Great War


The Great War and Modern Memory

Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918

[Jenna]

Good War, Great Men.: 313th Machine Gun Battalion of World War I I believe this book has a give-away right now too. (Yes, I know I am very behind on all your other suggestions.)

[KOMET]

Here are 3 books on the World War I experience that I'd like to recommend to all Group Members ~

1) Sopwith Camel Fighter Ace by Robert M. (Bob) Todd



Todd, an American, served with one of the American pursuit units on the Western Front during the Summer of 1918 that flew under British command. Hence, the unit's complement of Sopwith Camels.

2) Wind in the Wires and an Escaper's Log: A British Pilot's Classic Memoir of Aerial Combat, Captivity and Escape During the Great War by Duncan Grinnell-Milne



3) An Explorer in the Air Service by Hiram Bingham



"AN EXPLORER IN THE AIR SERVICE" (which was originally published in 1920 by Yale University Press) is Hiram Bingham's account of his time as an officer in the United States Army Air Service (1917-1919) in which he headed, first in Washington the Personnel Office of the Air Service - and then was sent to France in the Spring of 1918 as Chief of Personnel at Tours, where he labored for a few months before he managed to wrangle a transfer to Issoudun, where the U.S. had established a complex of military airfields 100 miles SE of Paris. Bingham, who had undergone flight training in the U.S. in March 1917 prior to the country's entry into the war and went on to earn the designation of Reserve Military Aviator (R.M.A.) the following August, wanted to freshen up on his flying skills. His work as Air Service Personnel Chief was so all-consuming that he had had no time for flying.

From reading this book, one quickly sees how much of an aviation enthusiast Bingham was. (Indeed, before joining the U.S. Army, he was one of the persons instrumental in the establishment of the U.S. Schools of Military Aeronautics at 8 universities across the country - from Cornell to UC/Berkeley - which provided ground school training for Army aviation cadets, who later received advanced flight training in Europe.) At Issoudun, he was placed in command of the Third Aviation Instructional Centre (AIC). The Third AIC was the largest primary instruction and pursuit training school in the Air Service. It was made up of a series of airfields where pilot trainees were put through various stages of training, from simplest (Field 1, where the trainee pilot learned to taxi a 'wingless' plane at high speed along a straight course, so as to get a basic feel for handling a plane) to advanced (Fields 7 & 8, where formation flying, simulated aerial combat, and gunnery were taught).

[Andrew]

Thank you Jenna for the mention. I had a wonderful phone call yesterday with the granddaughter of one of the men in this story. An absolute pleasure in life is to be able to make connections with people and share stories with each other, and walk away from a conversation feeling good about the time spent with that person. Yesterday was one of those days. This book has allowed me the opportunity to cherish the kindness of others. I am so honored to have been the person to to bring this story to the families of these men.

[KOMET]

The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I by Arthur E. Barbeau



This is a book that has a deep, personal resonance because my maternal grandfather (who was born in 1895; he passed away when I was in elementary school) had been a corporal in the U.S. Army and had served in France during 1918. Sadly, the experiences of African American soldiers in World War I is a subject that is little remarked upon in a lot of histories about the war. Books like this one help to redress the imbalance.

[Jan C]

Andrew wrote: "Thank you Jenna for the mention. I had a wonderful phone call yesterday with the granddaughter of one of the men in this story. An absolute pleasure in life is to be able to make connections with p..."

I'm sure they do appreciate it. I know that when To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 came out, the author contacted my cousin because the book includes a cite/story about my great-uncle who died there. And she appreciated that and told some of her cousins, including me.

[Dimitri]

Two books that will not survive 2017-18 unread:
The Cambrai Campaign 1917 by Andrew Rawson
Pershing: General of the Armies by Donald Smythe

[Jeffrey]

Jeffrey wrote: "The first book in my First World War trilogy came out on 16 May. I'd humbly like to request it be added to the bookshelf, too. It's historical fiction, set in Newfoundland, Ireland, France, and Gal..."

The second volume in my trilogy was released 30 November, too.

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Can I add my own book “Flowers of the Forest” , the story of my great uncle, Pte Farquhar McLennan as he trains and goes to war in The Ypres Salient.

[KOMET]

I'd like to recommend to Group Members the book, "Sopwith Camel Fighter Ace" by Robert M. (Bob) Todd.

Todd, an American, was studying engineering at the University of Cincinnati, when he joined the U.S. Army's Aviation Service in the summer of 1917. A year later, after completing flight training in Canada, the U.S., and Britain, he was in France flying Sopwith Camels (a British built fighter plane) in combat with the 17th Aero Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Service (USAS).

This is Todd's story, told from his personal recollections 60 years later and from his letters he wrote to family and friends during his military service.

[Dimitri]

My first use of Bookfinder yielded two quality 00's hardcovers:
Paths of Glory: The French Army 1914-18byAnthony Clayton
Loos 1915: The Unwanted BattlebyGordon Corrigan

[Alan]

Dimitri wrote: "Alan wrote: "The Assassins

My book 'The Assassins' has just been published by Endeavour Press as a Kindle book. It's historical fiction and is about the assassination of Archduke F..."

Hi Dimitri

The Assassins is out now in paperback, http://bit.ly/ABardosTheAssassins

Cheers
Alan

[R.J.]

A Distant Field: A Novel of World War I

R.J. MacDonald

Hello, and greetings from Scotland. I published my first WWI historical novel a year ago, since then its won three awards. Just looking through the novels posted on this thread, I'm really looking forward to linking up with authors who have covered this period in history.

Regards, Mac

[R.J.]

Jeffrey wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "The first book in my First World War trilogy came out on 16 May. I'd humbly like to request it be added to the bookshelf, too. It's historical fiction, set in Newfoundland, Ireland,..."

Jeffrey, My first book touches on Nova Scotia, Ireland, Scotland and Gallipoli- we might have a lot of research in common!

[Feliks]

What is of interest to me are the books which soldiers in the Great War were reading themselves, or aware of, or talking about at the time of the conflict or shortly thereafter. And the books on the homefront, too. For instance there were some works of poetry written about the war just subsequent to the conflict, the titles of which were household names of that era; and they are too little mentioned in modern times to the point where its almost lost knowledge. 'In Flanders Fields' --wasn't that one such? And the works of Rupert Brooke?

[R.J.]

Feliks wrote: "What is of interest to me are the books which soldiers in the Great War were reading themselves, or aware of, or talking about at the time of the conflict or shortly thereafter. And the books on th..."

Those works would have been printed and available to soldiers, which I've never thought about. I've always considered them as post-war, but they weren't. How widely the poems were read at the time I don't know- some of them would have been undoubtedly considered un-patriotic and might have only found an audience once the conflict was over.