Poetry Books by Patrick Macgill
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Date: 2017-11-12
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The Diggers
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Date: 2015-11-02
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MacGill enlisted in the London Irish Rifles at the outbreak of war, and was wounded at Loos in 1915 ... he was still just 24 years old. The Red Horizon and The Great Push are evocative accounts of his war experiences, full of keenly observed details of trench life, the horrors of war and the speech of his fellow soldiers, as well as a highly developed humanity. "In some places the enemy's bullets search the main street by night and day; a journey from the rear to the trenches is made across the open, and the eternal German bullet never leaves off searching for our boys coming in to the firing line. You can rely on sandbagged safety in the villages, but on the way from there to the trenches you merely trust your luck; for the moment your life has gone out of your keeping."
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published Date: 2017-12-26
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Excerpt from The Red Horizon There is open in France a wonderful exhibition of the work of the many gallant artists who have been serving in the French trenches through the long months of the War. There is not a young writer, painter, or sculptor of French blood, who is not risking his life for his country. Can we make the same proud boast? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Published Date: 2018-11-08
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Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published Date: 2017-01-23
Categories: History
I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared. At Chelsea I found myself a unit of the 2nd London Irish Battalion, afterwards I was drilled into shape at the White City and training was concluded at St. Albans, where I was drafted into the 1st Battalion. In my spare time I wrote several articles dealing with the life of the soldier from the stage of raw rooky to that of finished fighter. These I now publish in book form, and trust that they may interest men who have joined the colours or who intend to take up the profession of arms and become members of the great brotherhood of fighters.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published Date: 2016-06-23
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published Date: 2016-03-03
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Peopled with extraordinary characters, suffused with humour and yet unflinching in its portrayal of the near slavery of the poor in Scotland and Ireland, Children of the Dead End sold 50,000 copies a year in the 1920s. It was as influential in its own way as the work of social investigators such as Rowntree in bringing about change in British and Irish attitudes to poverty and destitution. Starting with an account of his childhood in Donegal, Ireland at the end of the 19th century, the story moves to Scotland where, living as a tramp, then working as a gang labourer, and for some years as a navvy at Kinlochleven near Fort William, Dermod Flynn (as he calls himself) begins to discover himself as a writer.
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Published Date: 2020-01-09
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A somber but heroic story of Ireland of to-day and Sinn Fein, by the author of "The Ratpit" and "Children of the Dead End." With a realism tempered by sympathy and understanding, Mr. MacGill shows us his people working out their small fates, by turns despicable and heroic, but always real. The girl Maureen, struggling against her tragic destiny, is an especially appealing figure among a group of noteworthy characters. " It brings before our eyes the Ireland of to-day as no amount of pamhleteering could, says the "London Times." "It has a creative richness and the supreme quality of truth."
Publisher: Macmillan
Published Date: 2014-07-15
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels
Presents graphic novel adaptations of twenty works of trench poetry from World War I, including pieces from such poets as Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling, and Isaac Rosenberg.
