George Alfred Henty: The Story of an Active Life
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We might know very little of the life of the late George Alfred Henty—writer for and teacher of boys, novelist, and one of the most virile of our war correspondents—but for one fortunate fact. His busy pen soon made him popular, and in course of time this popularity was sufficient to make editors of journals for the young realise that their readers would gladly learn something of the early life of the man whose vivid tales of adventure were being read with avidity wherever the English language had spread. In these days few are content to know a man only by his work, and even boys like to know ...
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- George Manville Fenn "George Alfred Henty" "The Story of an Active Life"
- Preface.
- Chapter One.
- Early Days.
- Chapter Two.
- From Cambridge to the Crimea.
- Chapter Three.
- Invalided Home.
- Chapter Four.
- The First Glimpse of Italy.
- Chapter Five.
- The Italian War.
- Chapter Six.
- The Search for an Army and a Meal.
- Chapter Seven.
- The Battle of Lissa.
- Chapter Eight.
- The End of the War.
- Chapter Nine.
- Impressions of Italy.
- Chapter Ten.
- The Visit to San Marino.
- Chapter Eleven.
- A Land of Mystery.
- Chapter Twelve.
- A Subterranean Excursion.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Mining for Mercury.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Abyssinian Campaign.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Incidents of Transport.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- En Route for Magdala.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Jottings by the Way.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- King Theodore at Bay.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- The Fall of the Curtain.
- Chapter Twenty.
- The Suez Canal.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- The Franco-German War.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- The Commune.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- The Vendôme Column.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- The Days of Reprisal.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- A Word about Politics.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- On the Life of a War Correspondent.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- A Risky Cruise with H.M. Stanley.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- The “Weaker Sex” in Ashanti.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Warfare in the Bush.
- Chapter Thirty.
- The March up Country.
- Chapter Thirty One.
- The Battle of Amoaful.
- Chapter Thirty Two.
- A Carlist War.
- Chapter Thirty Three.
- The Royal Tour in India.
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- Among the Turks.
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- Philosophy in Camp.
- Chapter Thirty Six.
- The Turkish Army.
- Chapter Thirty Seven.
- A Busy Convalescence.
- Chapter Thirty Eight.
- Concerning War Correspondents.
- Chapter Thirty Nine.
- Henty and his Books.
- Chapter Forty.
- An Appreciation.
- Chapter Forty One.
- Personal Notes.
- Chapter Forty Two.
- Club Life.
- Chapter Forty Three.
- His Great Hobby.
- Chapter Forty Four.
- A Final Word.
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