Author: G. Hamilton-Browne
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267668977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Excerpt from Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion IN introducing these yarns let me state that now I am laid up on the Shelf my thoughts go back to those days and nights Of the veld and bush, and I frequently feel I would give all the rest Of the map if I could again find myself on the open lands Of the frontier with a good horse between my knees and a few score Of the Old boys behind me. Now I hold pen instead Of carbine and revolver, but why Should memories of the Old days pass away? Let me fancy I sit by the camp fire again, telling yarns as we used to under the dark blue skies and blazing stars of South Africa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion (Classic Reprint)
Author: G. Hamilton-Browne
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267668977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Excerpt from Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion IN introducing these yarns let me state that now I am laid up on the Shelf my thoughts go back to those days and nights Of the veld and bush, and I frequently feel I would give all the rest Of the map if I could again find myself on the open lands Of the frontier with a good horse between my knees and a few score Of the Old boys behind me. Now I hold pen instead Of carbine and revolver, but why Should memories of the Old days pass away? Let me fancy I sit by the camp fire again, telling yarns as we used to under the dark blue skies and blazing stars of South Africa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267668977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Excerpt from Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion IN introducing these yarns let me state that now I am laid up on the Shelf my thoughts go back to those days and nights Of the veld and bush, and I frequently feel I would give all the rest Of the map if I could again find myself on the open lands Of the frontier with a good horse between my knees and a few score Of the Old boys behind me. Now I hold pen instead Of carbine and revolver, but why Should memories of the Old days pass away? Let me fancy I sit by the camp fire again, telling yarns as we used to under the dark blue skies and blazing stars of South Africa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion
Author: G. Hamilton-Browne
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion" by G. Hamilton-Browne is a book that reveals the anecdotes of soldiers against the Maori tribes in South Africa. Excerpt: "In introducing these yarns let me state that now I am laid up on the shelf my thoughts go back to those days and nights of the veld and bush, and I frequently feel I would give all the rest of the map if I could again find myself on the open lands of the frontier with a good horse between my knees and a few scores of the old boys behind me. Now I hold pen instead of carbine and revolver, but why should memories of the old days pass away? Let me fancy I sit by the camp fire again, telling yarns as we used to under the dark blue skies and blazing stars of South Africa. Let me spin you some yarns of the Lost Legion."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion" by G. Hamilton-Browne is a book that reveals the anecdotes of soldiers against the Maori tribes in South Africa. Excerpt: "In introducing these yarns let me state that now I am laid up on the shelf my thoughts go back to those days and nights of the veld and bush, and I frequently feel I would give all the rest of the map if I could again find myself on the open lands of the frontier with a good horse between my knees and a few scores of the old boys behind me. Now I hold pen instead of carbine and revolver, but why should memories of the old days pass away? Let me fancy I sit by the camp fire again, telling yarns as we used to under the dark blue skies and blazing stars of South Africa. Let me spin you some yarns of the Lost Legion."
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion - The Original Classic Edition
Author: G. Hamilton-Browne
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
ISBN: 9781486482115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, ereader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by G. Hamilton-Browne, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion: Look inside the book: “Our women left the pah for this purpose, and had been gone but a short time when they returned and told us that the soldiers would not allow them to pass, and that, on their insisting on doing so, telling the interpreter that there was no water or food in the pah and that they must get some, the mouth had told them that the big chief had given orders that no food or water should be carried into the pah and that if they passed through the soldiers they would be prevented from coming back. ...These men do not have the fine appearance of soldiers, but know more about war, and are greatly to be feared; for they did not wait to get each man into his right place, but attacked us each man as he could, and being, moreover, good fighting men, they killed many of us and delayedPg 17 us so much that the soldiers, having had time to regulate themselves, reached the hill almost as soon as we did.
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
ISBN: 9781486482115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, ereader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by G. Hamilton-Browne, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion: Look inside the book: “Our women left the pah for this purpose, and had been gone but a short time when they returned and told us that the soldiers would not allow them to pass, and that, on their insisting on doing so, telling the interpreter that there was no water or food in the pah and that they must get some, the mouth had told them that the big chief had given orders that no food or water should be carried into the pah and that if they passed through the soldiers they would be prevented from coming back. ...These men do not have the fine appearance of soldiers, but know more about war, and are greatly to be feared; for they did not wait to get each man into his right place, but attacked us each man as he could, and being, moreover, good fighting men, they killed many of us and delayedPg 17 us so much that the soldiers, having had time to regulate themselves, reached the hill almost as soon as we did.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion
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The Hunter Elite
Author: Tara Kathleen Kelly
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700625887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, Theodore Roosevelt, T. S. Van Dyke, and other elite men began describing their big-game hunting as “manly sport with the rifle.” They also began writing about their experiences, publishing hundreds of narratives of hunting and adventure in the popular press (and creating a new literary genre in the process). But why did so many of these big-game hunters publish? What was writing actually doing for them, and what did it do for readers? In exploring these questions, The Hunter Elite reveals new connections among hunting narratives, publishing, and the American conservation movement. Beginning in the 1880s these prolific hunter-writers told readers that big-game hunting was a test of self-restraint and “manly virtues,” and that it was not about violence. They also opposed their sportsmanlike hunting to the slaughtering of game by British imperialists, even as they hunted across North America and throughout the British Empire. Their references to Americanism and manliness appealed to traditional values, but they used very modern publishing technologies to sell their stories, and by 1900 they were reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. When hunter-writers took up conservation as a cause, they used that reach to rally popular support for the national parks and for legislation that restricted hunting in the US, Canada, and Newfoundland. The Hunter Elite is the first book to explore both the international nature of American hunting during this period and the essential contributions of hunting narratives and the publishing industry to the North American conservation movement.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700625887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, Theodore Roosevelt, T. S. Van Dyke, and other elite men began describing their big-game hunting as “manly sport with the rifle.” They also began writing about their experiences, publishing hundreds of narratives of hunting and adventure in the popular press (and creating a new literary genre in the process). But why did so many of these big-game hunters publish? What was writing actually doing for them, and what did it do for readers? In exploring these questions, The Hunter Elite reveals new connections among hunting narratives, publishing, and the American conservation movement. Beginning in the 1880s these prolific hunter-writers told readers that big-game hunting was a test of self-restraint and “manly virtues,” and that it was not about violence. They also opposed their sportsmanlike hunting to the slaughtering of game by British imperialists, even as they hunted across North America and throughout the British Empire. Their references to Americanism and manliness appealed to traditional values, but they used very modern publishing technologies to sell their stories, and by 1900 they were reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. When hunter-writers took up conservation as a cause, they used that reach to rally popular support for the national parks and for legislation that restricted hunting in the US, Canada, and Newfoundland. The Hunter Elite is the first book to explore both the international nature of American hunting during this period and the essential contributions of hunting narratives and the publishing industry to the North American conservation movement.
The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Pages : 928
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Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion
Author: G. Hamilton-Browne (Colonel.)
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Dressed for War
Author: Julie Summers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781004021987
Category : Fashion design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of Vogue's mothership in New York, and her often sticky relationship with its formidable editor, Edna Woolman Chase, became a strong dynamic in the Vogue story. But Vogue had a good war, with great writers and top-flight photographers including Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton - who loathed each other - sending images and reports from Europe and much further afield - detailing the plight of the countries and people living amidst war-torn Europe.
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ISBN: 9781004021987
Category : Fashion design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of Vogue's mothership in New York, and her often sticky relationship with its formidable editor, Edna Woolman Chase, became a strong dynamic in the Vogue story. But Vogue had a good war, with great writers and top-flight photographers including Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton - who loathed each other - sending images and reports from Europe and much further afield - detailing the plight of the countries and people living amidst war-torn Europe.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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