The recollections of rifleman Harris : a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars /
A rare account of army life by common British foot soldier in early 1800s tells of camaraderie among infantrymen, physical hardships, endemic drunkenness, frequent hunger and the narrow margin between death and survival.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mineola, New York :
Dover Publications,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Dover edition. |
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| Summary: | A rare account of army life by common British foot soldier in early 1800s tells of camaraderie among infantrymen, physical hardships, endemic drunkenness, frequent hunger and the narrow margin between death and survival. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. "This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of a standard edition of The Recollections of Rifleman Harris, which was originally published in London in 1848. A new Publisher's Note has been specially prepared for this edition." |
| Physical Description: | ix, 128 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780486836034 0486836037 |