Keep Your Head Down (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Walter Bernstein

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331406005 ISBN 13 : 9781331406006

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A young recruit’s first weeks in the Army come alive with careful detail and hard truths. Keep Your Head Down offers a raw, personal view of training, fear, and small moments that reveal war’s human cost.

In this memoir, the narrator recalls the grind of basic training, the rhythm of a strict daily schedule, and the odd humor that keeps men going. He moves from the draft board to the woods for extended drills, then into a frontline mindset shaped by observation, camaraderie, and the tension of unseen danger. The writing focuses on concrete scenes—the heat of drill fields, the sound of artillery, and the uneasy mix of longing for home with duty to others.

• Uneasy moments of supervision, inspection, and the misfires of early war experience


• Close-up snapshots of boot camp routine, discipline, and first combat nerves


• Interactions among soldiers, from practical chores to shared jokes under pressure


• A veteran voice that grounds wartime events in ordinary, human detail

Ideal for readers of wartime memoirs and stories that illuminate the day-to-day realities behind the headlines.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This Edition Is Produced in Full Compliance with All War Production Board Conservation Orders COPYRIGHT 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 BY WALTER BERNSTEIN PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN MAY 1945 Published on the Same Day in the Dominion of Canada by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited All the chapters in this book originally appeared in The New Yorker, except Night Watch, which was published in The Yale Review, and Juke Joint and IL ove Mountain Warfare, which have not been published heretofore. Printed in U. S. A. by Haddon Craftsmen, I nc., Scranton, Pa.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331406005
• ISBN 13: 9781331406006
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
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