Observation Posts: The Letters of an Artillery Officer on the Western Front During the Great War-Carry on and Living Bayonets

by Coningsby Dawson

Book Overview

Letters from under the Guns

Observation Posts, a special Leonaur book, brings together two books by Dawson concerning warfare as experienced by the men in the trenches during the First World War on the Western Front. 'Carry On' and its sequel 'Living Bayonets' are based on the author's time as an artillery officer and principally comprise his letters to his family. Dawson was an intelligent, thoughtful correspondent who in fine prose has left...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857067443
• ISBN13: 9780857067449
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"