Macgregor charles l compiler (1 Ergebnisse)

8vo. 266 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Purple publisher's cloth, gilt lettering front cover, gilt Croix de Guerre on spine, gilt lettering (minor rubbing, edgewear, slight sunning to spine, slight bowing to covers), still VG- copy. First edition of this memoir by Bowe (1869-1954), Spanish-American War veteran, who served with the French Foreign Legion during World War I. The authors detail not only the history of the French Foreign Legion, and methods of joining, but also specifically offers names, biographical details, and more of many different Americans who fought as Legionnaire's during World War I, with focus on the grinding life in the trenches, and experiences in battlefront hospitals. Although well known for his lobbying and fundraising efforts for Veterans, and their rights, his nativist anti-semitic polemics and activities in the 1930's and 1940's would severely tarnish his influence. …