Private 12768 by John Jackson
A newly discovered account of life in the trenches that challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War. Conditioned by Wilfred Owen's poetry and dulled by the notions of waste and futility, British readers have become used to the idea that this was a war without purpose fought by 'lions led by donkeys'.
'At last we have John Jackson's intensely personal and heartfelt little book to remind us there was a view of the Great War other than Wilfred Owen's' THE DAILY MAIL'Unique' PROFESSOR HEW STRACHAN author of The First World War: A New Illustrated History
John Jackson joined-up a few days after the First World War was declared. He joined the Cameron Highlanders and fought in the trenches at the Battle of Loos, the Somme, Passchendale and lived to tell the tale. He wrote up his memoir in 1926 basing it on the diary he kept throughout the war and his vivid recollections of the conflict. It has remained unpublished until now.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752435312 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752435310 |
| Title | Private 12768 |
| Author | John Jackson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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