Riding Into War
The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919
On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring rain, he, his team, the wagon, and the guns pitched into an old trench. After disentangling the horses from their harness, Johnston found a trenching tool, dug away the side of the trench, and led the horses out of what had become a sea of mud. Then he harnessed them again, took them back to camp, cleaned them up, and returned to the trench to find the wagon blown to bits by German fire. Jimmie…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-86492-412-4
- EAN: 9780864924124
- Produktnummer: 1695756
- Verlag: Goose Lane Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.9 cm x D0.8 cm 15 g
- Gewicht: 15
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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