In the Foreign Legion: The Experiences of a Journalist Who Joined the French Foreign Legion in North Africa at the Turn of the 20th Century - Couverture souple

Rosen, Erwin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 085706388X ISBN 13 : 9780857063885

Editeur : Leonaur Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

The desert and the kepi blanc

The young author of this book thought he knew something of military life. He had served with American forces during the Spanish-American War, but by 1904 he was out of luck and desperate for a new way of life. Like many young men before and after him the 'glamour' of life in the French Foreign Legion exerted its irresistible appeal. Also like many Legion recruits he came to understand just how far from the gruelling reality his idealistic view was. Rosen shortly found himself in North Africa and so began the training which would turn him into a fully fledged Legionnaire. This was the French Foreign Legion of the era prior to the First World War where 'March or Die' was not just a slogan but a way of life-or death! This is a riveting account of what it was to be part of the French mercenary corps in the early years of the twentieth century by one who experienced it. Recommended. Available in softcover and hardcover with dustjacket.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

German University who found life too fresh, too joyous, to care very much for professors and college halls. Parental objections he disregarded. Things came to a climax. And the very next Schnelldampfer had amongst its passengers a boy in disgrace, bound for the country of unlimited possibilities in search of a fortune. .. .T he boy did not see very much of fortune, but met with a great deal of hard work. His father did not consider New York a suitable place for bad boys, and booked him a through passage to Galveston. There the ex-student contracted hotelbills, feeling very much out of place, until a man who took a fancy to him gave him a job on a farm in Texas. There the boy learnt a good deal about riding and shooting, but rather less about cottonraising. This was the beginning. In the course of time he became translator of Associated Press Despatches for a big German paper in St. Louis and started in newspaper life.
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Biographie de l'auteur

Erwin Carle (Pseudonym Erwin Rosen ; 7 June 1876 in Karlsruhe; 21 February 1923 in Hamburg) was a German Author and Journalist. Carle was enrolled in college in Munich. Being nothing but a prankster he had to terminate his studies. To save his family from this embarrassment he was sent to America being 19 at the time. There he quickly learned to stand on his own two feet, taking on any job he could find. He worked as farmhand in Texas, Apothecary, dishwasher, translator for the German Western Post in St. Louis, and as Journalist in San Francisco. In the year 1898 he found himself as part of the US Army reporting on the battle of Signal Hill in Cuba.This stage of his life was documented in his novel Der deutsche Lausbub in Amerika which translates as "The German prankster in America". Having returned to Germany and subsequently trying to escape a failed relationship with his "jewel" as he called her, he joined the French Foreign Legion signing his 5 year contract on October 6 1905 He became Legionnaire 17889. Fortunately, after 2 years, he was able to escape and eventually published his experience as In the Foreign Legion (1910)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leonaur Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 085706388X
• ISBN 13: 9780857063885
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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