A grunt’s-eye report from the battlefield in the spirit of The Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet on the Western Front—the only known account by a common so

In Jakob Walter's account of his privations in Napoleon's army during the long retreat home from Russia to Germany, the reader can observe how he and his fellow

Excerpts from a teenager's diary interspersed with the author's comments and illustrations depict the lifestyle and crafts of rural New England.

Originally published in 1958 and now available for the first time in paperback, this classic of modern military history tells the exciting true story of the fal