"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches
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About This Book
Infuriated by the German sinking of the liner Lusitania, the author (an American citizen) travels to England and enlists in the Royal Fusiliers, prior to America's entry into the war. This is a book about his "experiences in the language of Tommy sitting on the fire step of a front-line trench on t he Western Front-just as he would tell his mate next him what was happening at a different part of the line." He was in the front line trench of the Western Front. It was the biggest bestseller of the war, selling a million hardcover copies. The best part may be its appendix, "Tommy's Dictionary of ...
Chapters (29)
- "OVER THE TOP"
- ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
- CHAPTER I FROM MUFTI TO KHAKI
- CHAPTER II BLIGHTY TO REST BILLETS
- CHAPTER III I GO TO CHURCH
- CHAPTER IV "INTO THE TRENCH"
- CHAPTER V MUD, RATS, AND SHELLS
- CHAPTER VI "BACK OF THE LINE"
- CHAPTER VII RATIONS
- CHAPTER VIII THE LITTLE WOODEN CROSS
- CHAPTER IX SUICIDE ANNEX
- CHAPTER X "THE DAY'S WORK"
- CHAPTER XI OVER THE TOP
- CHAPTER XII BOMBING
- CHAPTER XIII MY FIRST OFFICIAL BATH
- CHAPTER XIV PICKS AND SHOVELS
- CHAPTER XV LISTENING POST
- CHAPTER XVI BATTERY D 238
- CHAPTER XVII OUT IN FRONT
- CHAPTER XVIII STAGED UNDER FIRE
- CHAPTER XIX ON HIS OWN
- CHAPTER XX "CHATS WITH FRITZ"
- CHAPTER XXI ABOUT TURN
- CHAPTER XXII PUNISHMENTS AND MACHINE-GUN STUNTS
- CHAPTER XXIII GAS ATTACKS AND SPIES
- CHAPTER XXIV THE FIRING SQUAD
- CHAPTER XXV PREPARING FOR THE BIG PUSH
- CHAPTER XXVI ALL QUIET (?) ON THE WESTERN FRONT
- CHAPTER XXVII BLIGHTY
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