This book was written in 1917 and must be accepted and judged by the time in was written, taking into consideration the use of language of the time, the culture, societal norms and so on. Arthur Guy Empey was born in Ogden Utah in 1883 and he died in 1963 in Kansas. Apparently he was angered by the

This book was first published in 1917 and was a 'best seller' at the time. It should be recognised that Empey was replicating his experiences of war and not writing a fiction novel so he portrays his experiences bluntly, just as they were. The book is very fast-paced, exciting and to the point. It i

Just to be clear, I purchased an original edition of this book in a second hand store. It's copyright is 1917 and it has the original cloth-bound cover. GoodReads does not currently have this edition listed and I, for some reason, am unable to add it.

Given the time in which the book was written and

Tommy atkins, a relatable bastard

Basically the book is short collected stories of the Author it very disconnected but interesting I especially enjoyed the humor but also at times I felt the story was fictional and too absurd to be true which it might have been because it's written during the war and

An American soldiers experience fighting alongside the British in WW1

This is a first hand account of an American who volunteered to serve with the British in WW1. He tells his story simply, as he saw it. I couldn't put it down. If you want to know what what life was like in the trenches, then this

For all the horror the narrator experiences as an American fighting for the British in World War I, he has a surprisingly sterile view of things. Author Empey spares no time to dissect his circumstances. He only lays out events as they happen in a blunt, journalistic fashion, detouring only to make

I was quite disappointed to see that the Kindle reprint of this classic included all the photo captions from the original but none of the photos. With that said, it's easy to understand how this book became a runaway bestseller. It's well-written, skates carefully around the gory details of combat b

A good read!

I was very disappointed to note that this reprint included all the captions from the book, but none of the photos themselves. With that said, it's easy to understand why this book became a runaway bestseller. Full of wry trench humor and personal stories of the author's experiences of th

This book provides a unique description of trench warfare during World War I. Was written by an American, who, angered by the American failure to respond to the sinking of the Lusitania, resigns from the New Jersey National Guard, travels to England, and enlists in the British Army. Serves in the tr