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Richard Harding Davis examines the incredible careers and lives of men with military experiences, including Winston Spencer Churchill, General William Walker, Baron Harden-Hickey and General MacIver. Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver... Read Full Overview

Real Soldiers of Fortune is a non-fiction book written by Richard Harding Davis, first published in 1906. The book is a collection of Davis's personal experiences and observations of soldiers of fortune, or mercenaries, who fought in various conflicts around the world during... Read Full Overview

This is Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver, for some time in India an ensign in the Sepoy mutiny; in Italy, lieutenant under Garibaldi; in Spain, captain under Don Carlos; in our Civil War, major in the Confederate army; in Mexico, lieutenant-colonel under the Emperor Maximilian; colonel... Read Full Overview

This is Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver, for some time in India an ensign in the Sepoy mutiny; in Italy, lieutenant under Garibaldi; in Spain, captain under Don Carlos; in our Civil War, major in the Confederate army; in Mexico, lieutenant-colonel under the Emperor Maximilian; colonel... Read Full Overview

This is Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver, for some time in India an ensign in the Sepoy mutiny; in Italy, lieutenant under Garibaldi; in Spain, captain under Don Carlos; in our Civil War, major in the Confederate army; in Mexico, lieutenant-colonel under the Emperor Maximilian; colonel... Read Full Overview

MacIver was born on Christmas Day, 1841, at sea, a league off the shore of Virginia. His mother was Miss Anna Douglas of that State; Ronald MacIver, his father, was a Scot, a Rossshire gentleman, a younger son of the chief of the Clan MacIver. Until he was ten years old young... Read Full Overview

Richard Harding Davis' career began in journalism, where he made his name as a daring front-line correspondent in several wars and conflicts. Later, he would translate his battlefield experience into a number of fiction and nonfiction books. Real Soldiers of Fortune presents... Read Full Overview

Richard David Harding was probably the best-known journalist of his generation, mostly for his daring exploits as a wartime correspondent. In this book he tackles the biographies of young notables such as Winston Churchill, using them as an ode to the adventurism and energy... Read Full Overview

Richard Harding Davis' career began in journalism, where he made his name as a daring front-line correspondent in several wars and conflicts. Later, he would translate his battlefield experience into a number of fiction and nonfiction books. Real Soldiers of Fortune presents... Read Full Overview

Richard David Harding was probably the best-known journalist of his generation, mostly for his daring exploits as a wartime correspondent. In this book he tackles the biographies of young notables such as Winston Churchill, using them as an ode to the adventurism and energy... Read Full Overview

Richard Harding Davis' career began in journalism, where he made his name as a daring front-line correspondent in several wars and conflicts. Later, he would translate his battlefield experience into a number of fiction and nonfiction books. Real Soldiers of Fortune presents... Read Full Overview

ANY sunny afternoon, on Fifth Avenue, or at night in the table d'hote restaurants of University Place, you may meet the soldier of fortune who of all his brothers in arms now living is the most remarkable. You may have noticed him; a stiffly erect, distinguished-looking man,... Read Full Overview

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