The Literary Digest History of the World War

The Literary Digest History of the World War
Author: Francis W. Halsey
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 161640096X

The quantity of journalism produced during World War I was unlike anything the then-budding mass media had ever seen. Correspondents at the front were dispatching voluminous reports on a daily basis, and though much of it was subject to censorship, it all eventually became available. It remains the most extraordinary firsthand look at the war that we have. Published immediately after the cessation of hostilities and compiled from those original journalistic sources-American, British, French, German, and others-this is an astonishing contemporary perspective on the Great War. This replica of the first 1919 edition includes all the original maps, photos, and illustrations, lending an even greater immediacy to readers a century later. Volume X features personal sketches by war leaders, the formulation of postwar treaties, a chronology of the war, and the index for all 10 volumes. American journalist and historian FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY (1851-1919) was literary editor of The New York Times from 1892 through 1896. He wrote and lectured extensively on history; his works include, as editor, the two-volume Great Epochs in American History Described by Famous Writers, From Columbus to Roosevelt (1912), and, as writer, the 10-volume Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (1914).

The Literary Digest History of the World War

The Literary Digest History of the World War
Author: Francis Whiting Halsey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1920
Genre: World War, 1914-1918
ISBN:

This collection is a general military and diplomatic history of the First World War, from June 1914 to May 1920. Military affairs are the foremost issue, with political and diplomatic events relevant to the war intertwined. The work includes short biographies of important military leaders.

Where Have All the Horses Gone?

Where Have All the Horses Gone?
Author: Jonathan V. Levin
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017-10-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1476667136

A century ago, horses were ubiquitous in America. They plowed the fields, transported people and goods within and between cities and herded livestock. About a million of them were shipped overseas to serve in World War I. Equine related industries employed vast numbers of stable workers, farriers, wainwrights, harness makers and teamsters. Cities were ringed with fodder-producing farmland, and five-story stables occupied prime real estate in Manhattan. Then, in just a few decades, the horses vanished in a wave of emerging technologies. Those technologies fostered unprecedented economic growth, and with it a culture of recreation and leisure that opened a new place for the horse as an athletic teammate and social companion.

The American Historical Review

The American Historical Review
Author: John Franklin Jameson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 934
Release: 1921
Genre: History
ISBN:

American Historical Review is the oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States and the largest in the world. Published by the American Historical Association, it covers all areas of historical research.