The French Foreign Legion

David King's Ten Thousand Shall Fall

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David King

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Few military units attract the attention of Hollywood and novelists as does the Foreign Legion. Those old enough will remember Buster Crabbe as Captain Gallant in the 1950s television serial about the swashbuckling Legionnaires. The non-fictional reality is rather more stark and gritty, and perhaps this volume is much closer to the truth, -- even if Gary Cooper and Victor Mature (who both starred in Legion film potboilers) had a better time of it.

Author Biography:

David Wooster King was a student at Harvard from 1912 to 1914, before enlisting in the French Foreign Legion. He joined the French Army, and was made 1st lieutenant in the U.S. 1917. His original title for the book "Ten Thousand Shall Fall" was "L.M.8046: An Intimate Story of the French Foreign Legion". Dr. Paul Rich is a life member of the French Colonial History Society as well as the Popular and American Culture Associations, and of the Tangier American Legation Society, which maintains the old American consulate in Tangiers.

Release date Australia

July 12th, 2013

Author

David King

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Edited by Paul Rich
Introduction by Paul Rich

Pages

236

Dimensions

133x203x13

ISBN-13

9780944285879

Product ID

21587171

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