Private Pinkerton Millionaire
The sketches and stories in this little volume must be read as fiction. But they are all, or nearly all, founded on fact, and built up from scenes and incidents I myself either witnessed or heard, first-hand, during my sojourn in France and Flanders as Special Correspondent for a London morning newspaper.
Private Pinkerton I met in the flesh several times—a gallant young English gentleman, if there ever was one, a cool and clever fighter, a dead shot, but shy as a schoolgirl when it came to the telling of his own adventures. I have rarely met a millionaire so engaging, so kindly, so well loved by 'the boys', but so courageous withal. (Extract from text Introduction)
Genre(s): War & Military Fiction
Language: English
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| Play 00 | Front Matter: Epigraph & Introduction | Steve C |
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| Play 01 | Chpts 1 & 2: The Idyll of Skeleton Tree & The Battle of the Bagpipes | Steve C |
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| Play 02 | Chpts 3 & 4: Browney Boy & 'My Soldier Lad!' | Steve C |
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| Play 03 | Chpts 5 & 6: William the Conqueror & The Green Death | Steve C |
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| Play 04 | Chpts 7 & 8: The Wolf in the Fold & The Prussian 'Blues' | Steve C |
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| Play 05 | Chpts 9 &10: Swanker The Invincible & 'Baby Bunting' | Steve C |
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| Play 06 | Chpts 11&12: Home, Sweet Home & The Killing of the Fatted Calf | Steve C |
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| Play 07 | Chpts 13&14: Uncle Sam & The Merry Manglers' Club | Steve C |
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| Play 08 | Chpts 15&16: Romeo and Juliet & 'Back to the Filter' | Steve C |
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| Play 09 | Chpts 17&18: Exploit of Gingerbread Glue & The Mince-Pie Mule Train | Steve C |
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| Play 10 | Chpts 19&20: Lamb Cutlets & Golgotha | Steve C |
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| Play 11 | Chpts 21&22&23: Death and Glory & The Home-Coming & 'Cupid, All Armed' | Steve C |
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