Garrison Tales from Tonquin: An American's Stories of the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam in the 1890s

by James O'Neill

Book Overview

The thought of enlisting in the French Foreign Legion held a tantalizing allure for young nineteenth-century American boys in search of adventure. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, James O'Neill enlisted in the legion in 1887, at the age of twenty-seven. In 1890, deployed to Tonquin in French Indochina (more familiar today as Tonkin, Vietnam), O'Neill faced tropical heat, infectious disease, and sudden death. Like his contemporary Stephen Crane,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807171751
• ISBN13: 9780807171752
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"