War! Hellish War! Star Shell Reflections 1916-1918: The Illustrated Diaries of Jim Maultsaid

by Barbara McClune and Jim Maultsaid

Jim Maultsaid's illustrated diaries of his Great War service offer a unique and completely original perspective of a fighting man's experiences.

Although an American citizen Jim was living in Donegal in 1914 and first joined the Young Citizens Volunteers and then the British Army.

On 1 July 1916 the first day of the Somme, Sergeant Maultsaid was seriously wounded. To quote from his diary as he lay in no-mans-land 'The most awful cries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473879434
• ISBN13: 9781473879430
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 10.5"