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Hardcover. Condition: Gut. LXIII, 101p., 134 p. Einband etwas berieben, Buchrücken ausgeblichen, Ecken leicht bestoßen, Buchschnitt angeschmutzt, Bleistifteintrag auf Vorsatz, Seiten minimal angegilbt / binding slightly rubbed, spine faded, corners slightly bumped, book edges soiled, pencil entry on endpapers, pages minimally yellowed. - CONTENTS PART I A CHILD S GARDEN OF VERSES To Alison Cunningham Bed in Summer A Thought At the Sea-side Young Night Thought Whole Duty of Children Rain Pirate Story Foreign Lands Windy Nights Travel Singing Looking Forward A Good Play Where Go the Boats? Auntie s Skirts The Land of Counterpane The Land of Nod My Shadow System A Good Boy Escape at Bedtime Marching Song The Cow Happy Thought The Wind Keepsake Mill Good and Bad Children Foreign Children The Sun s Travels The Lamplighter My Bed is a Boat The Moon The Swing Time to Rise Looking-glass River Fairy Bread From a Railway Carriage Winter-Time The Hayloft Farewell to the Farm Northwest Passage L Good-night. II. Shadow March. III. In Port. THE CHILD ALONE The Unseen Playmate My Ship and I My Kingdom Picture-books in Winter My Treasures Block City The Land of Story-books Armies in the Fire The Little Land GARDEN DAYS Night and Day Nest Eggs The Flowers Summer Sun The Dumb Soldier Autumn Fires The Gardener Historical Associations ENVOYS To Willie and Henrietta To My Mother To Auntie To Minnie To My Name-child To Any Reader CONTENTS PART II UNDERWOODS BOOK I In English I Envoy Go, little book II A Song of the Road The gauger walked Ill The Canoe Speaks On the great streams IV It is the Season V The House Beautiful A naked house, a naked moor VI A Visit from the Sea Far from the loud sea beaches VII To a Gardener Friend, in my mountain-side demesne VIII To Minnie A picture-frame for you to fill IX To K. De M. A lover of the moorland bare X To N. V. De G. S. The unfathomable sea XI To Will. H. Low Youth now flees XII To Mrs. Will. H. Low Even in the bluest noonday of JulY XIII To H. F. Brown I sit and wait XIV To Andrew Lang Dear Andrew XV Et Tu In Arcadia Vixisti In ancient tales, O friend XVI To W. E. Henley The Year runs through her phases XVII Henry James Who comes to-night XVIII The Mirror Speaks Where the bells XIX Katharine We see you as we see a face XX To F. J. S. I read, dear friend XXI Requiem Under the wide and starry sky XXII The Celestial Surgeon if J have faltered XXIII Our Lady of the Snows Out of the sun XXIV Not yet, my soul XXV It is not yours, O mother, to complain XXVI The Sick Child O mother, lay your hand on my brow XXVII In Memoriam F. A. S. Yet, O stricken heart XXVIII To My Father Peace and her huge invasion XXIX In the States With half a heart XXX A Portrait I am a kind of farthing dip XXXI Sing clearlier, Muse XXXII A Camp The bed was made XXXIII The Country of the Cami- SARDS We travelled in the print of olden wars XXXIV Skerryvore For love of lovely words XXXV Skerryvore: The Parallel Here all is sunny , , XXXVI My house, I say XXXVII My body which my dungeon is XXXVIII Say not of me that weakly I declined BOOK II In Scots I The Maker to Posterity Far yont amang the years to be II Ille Terrarum Frae nirly, nippin , Eas - lan breeze Ill When aince Aprile has fairly come IV A Mile an a Bittock V A Lowden Sabbath morn The clinkum-clank o Sabbath bells VI The Spaewife O, I wad like to ken VII The Blast 1875 It s rainin . Weet's the gairden sod VIII The Counterblast 1886 My bonny man, the warld, it s true IX The Counterblast Ironical It s strange that God should fash to frame X Their Laureate to an Academy Class Dinner Club Dear Thamson class, whaure er I gang XI Embro Hie Kirk The Lord Himsel in former days XII The Scotsman s Return from Abroad In mony a foreign pairt I ve been XIII Late in the nicht XIV My Conscience! Of a the ills that flesh can fear XV To Doctor John Brown By Lyne and Tyne, by Thames and Tees XVI It s an overcome sooth for age an youth. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Cha'Von K. Clarke 'Spoken' reveals the truths about life through a colorful compilation of words and quotes entitled Poetic Chameleon 'I Have Spoken'. Her versatile poems and reflections scream riveting revelations, sultry love pieces and touching messages from God. Spoken's diverse style of writing makes her Bermuda's Poetic Chameleon. 'I Have Spoken' is the 'REAL TALK' collection of words. Excerpts from this and forth coming poetry books. She smiled again, still dressed in her polka dot panties and holding her pink teddy bear. Daddy in her heart blood on her hands, behind her back as they escort her to Dr. R 'What's your name,' he asked, politely. She smiled back and whispered, 'Daddy's Little Girl.' Daddy's little Girl - Poetic Chameleon (I Have Spoken) Offering my womanly bliss he welcomes it with a passionate kiss, and gulps my love before I can fl inch. I'm lost in ecstasy as his fi ngers pinch. My thighs feel paralyzed as I drift into a wonderland of erotica and a fantasy of love as he lifts his head and releases a sweet smile. My heart pounds fast as it runs miles. Sexual Encore - Poetic Chameleon (Birth of a Spoken Language) You live an evolution of survival. It is through your tears that hope was borna plan to free a million fallen soldiers, mourning mothers, heartbroken and alone but your hand lifted their heads and the light of your touch bled revelations of liberation, and freedom of their captured minds. Queen - Poetic Chameleon (Native Tongue).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - How does war change when the people who do the fighting are no longer just human When dogs, enhanced by artificial intelligence, can help their human masters track their foes, or when a horse wants to prove that he can be a sailor too Does the dreadful calculus of warfare change when some of the people involved have fur What happens on the battlefield is only the start-and soldiers are not the only ones who face the consequences. In the aftermath of any conflict, people must rebuild what was lost, consolidate what was gained, and decide if it was worth the price.Dogs of War II Aftermath is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains nineteen stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same. Table of Contents Dog, Extended by Cairyn Remembrance by Alice 'Huskyteer' Dryden Scars by Televassi The Surface Tension by Dwale My Brother's Shadow by M.R. Anglin Close to Us by MikasiWolf Lime Tiger by Slip-Wolf Umbra's Legion: The Destruction of Ismara by Geoff Galt Umbra's Legion: Charon's Obol by Adam Baker The Call by Lord Ikari Every Horse Will Do His Duty by Thurston Howl Matched Up by K. Hubschmid The Son of Goulon Stumptail by NightEyes DaySpring Noble by Thomas 'Faux' Steele Trial by Error by Jaden Drackus The Night the Stars Fell by KC Alpinus Tears of the Sea by MikasiWolf The Pack by Argyron Going Home by Miles Reaver Edited by Fred Patten, Cover art by Teagan Gavet.

First Edition. Publisher's green cloth with black impressed lettering and frames to the front board and spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown of 'J.H. Gadidge' (Brigadier J.H. Gadidge (1895-1970), a career officer in the Indian Army and latterly Commandant of Queen Victoria's Corps of Guides (Cavalry) 1939-1942, a role that had been formerly held by the author and to which regiment the book is dedicated). Clear, removable, archival cover fitted to the book. Octavo. pp. [i-vi] vii-xii, 324 with 14 illustrations, but lacking the frontispiece. A book in Good condition with occasional scattered foxing throughout. A rare book. Sir George John Younghusband (1859-1944) was a British Major-General in the army and an author. He was the brother of the more famous General Sir Francis Younghusband. He joined the army in 1878 and served much of his term in India. After World War I he was appointed keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London. His works include: Eighteen Hundred Miles on a Burmese Tat (1888), Polo in India (1890), On Short Leave to Japan (1894), Indian Frontier Warfare (1898), The Philippines and Round About (1899), The Story of the Guides (1908), The Tower From Within (1918), The Tower of London (1919), Forty Years a Soldier (1923) and A Soldier's Memories in Peace and War (1925).

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xii, 89, [3] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads: Oct 2006 I hop you enjoy this tribute to my father . It was good talking to You! Amory S. Contents include My Diary; Amory's Introduction; A Journal of Alexei Ureyvitch Somorupo; Epiphany; Addenda and Family Tree. Amory was born in Cambridge, MA November 26, 1930. He was a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover MA and Harvard College. He earned a Master's Degree from Georgetown University and served as an employee of the CIA. He received a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Twenty years after the end of the war, Amory unexpectedly received his father's diary in the mail from an old flame. From this, letters, and correspondence from him that he had saved, and memories of his youth, he was able to put together this charming, brief biography, Diary of a Mad Russian. This sobriquet, "Mad Russian," was affectionately given by Lieutenant Colonel Creighton W. Abrams, commander of the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division. Abrams was likely referring to Sommaripa's deep-seated hatred of Nazis. It was Abrams who pulled his lifeless body out from under his overturned tank. Alexis Ureyvitch Sommaripa was born in Odessa, Russia, in 1900 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. As a teenager, he witnessed the October and Bolshevik Revolutions. Not long after graduation from Harvard, the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company (DuPont) of Wilmington, Delaware, hired him as the manager of new fabric and yarn development, where he supervised experimental spinning and weaving. DuPont sent Sommaripa to Europe in 1935 and 1937 to buy different types of luxurious silks, with which he worked with technicians to adapt the silk patterns to rayons, which up to then behaved differently from other natural fibers. He traveled to DuPont's textile mills across the country, teaching new techniques of working with man-made fibers. While working full-time for DuPont, Sommaripa also worked part-time as a technical advisor for field testing for the Army's Quartermaster Board. In addition to his work for DuPont and the Army, he managed to write ten technical articles and delivered over twenty technical addresses to various organizations. Where all this know-how influenced Sommaripa's future path in combat is puzzling, but as a former superior explained, "He has the facility of getting at basic facts of a problem without wasting time." With the United States entering World War II in December 1941, Sommaripa attempted to enlist. He finally prevailed in spite of his advanced age of forty-one. Upon arriving in England, Sommaripa reported to the legendary Colonel David K. E. Bruce, head of OSS operations in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) and later ambassador to France, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. Bruce assigned him to the OSS's Special Operations Branch. On 9 June 1944, Sommaripa landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy and began gathering intelligence. The Army took a chance by making him the only civilian in command of a tank. Sommaripa became a pioneer in the front-line use of loudspeaker systems directed at the enemy. The techniques and equipment that he developed came about mostly by trial and error and included a "Super Baloney Wagon" capable of making itself heard and understood over the din of battle, at ranges of over two miles through its souped-up speaker. It was also tough enough to accompany the lead tanks of an armored column into battle. He later switched to a tank and was placed at the number three spot in a tank column, permitting him to broadcast without interfering with the two point tanks. When he seemed to be on the verge of success, the other tanks cooperatively held their fire until the surrender was effected. Using German through the tank's loudspeaker, he convinced thousands of Nazi soldier to surrender to him. He and then-Colonel Creighton Abrams thundered across Europe until Alexis was killed in action in 1945. Awarded the Bronze Star, Silver Star and Croix de Guerre posthumously, he is the only civilian buried in the American Cemetery in Luxembourg.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Alajalov; Hughes, George; Pott, Rudy; Briggs, Austin; Englert, George; Sewell, Amos; Lidov, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Stapled. Condition: Good. George Philip & Son; Williams, C. Fleming; Price Julius M. (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Title page illustration of British craft 'unsuccessfully attacked' by German submarine; One-page map entitled "The German Blow On Our Fifty-Mile Front - The Battle Area" shows the front between Reims and Nieuport; The Allotment to the Rescue (article); The American Soldier - A First-Class Fighting Man; The Need of Nitrogen - The Air as a source of supply (article); Six interesting photos document the capture of Jericho - scenes and incidents; G. K. Chesterton writes about Lenin and the Bolsheviks; Two photos of downed German Gotha aircraft; One-page illustration of funeral on the Italian front involving coffin on a cableway; One-page illustrations of scene in air-raid shelter in Padua, Italy; Two-page illustration of a party of Alpini resisting to the death on Mount Solarolo; Six photos of a French merchant-ship sinking after being torpedoed; Glorious centrefold illustration of dancing scene in the British Army and Navy Leave Club in Paris; Four half-page illustrations of scenes at the same Leave Club in Paris; Article on the Bombing Offensive Against Germany; Fantastic one-page photo entitled "The Restitution of Alsace and Lorraine - A Great Demonstration in Paris' shows meeting of hundreds of people at the Sorbonne; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavanders Army Club" cigarettes features U.S. and Canadian officers chatting about a cigarette; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Peddie, Tom; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J.; Prater, Ernest; Nicholson, W.C.; Sutcliffe, Norman (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Policing the Great White North - A photo-illustrated account of the manifold perils and hardships that are the daily portion of the gallant handful of men who represent law and order in the Vast Canadian Arctic; Pathetic fate of two missing WWI Sheffield soldiers revealed - William Thompson and George Walter Howard; Bill's Bear-Cub - An American trapper adopts a bear cub and his partner foretells disaster; Three Months on an Island Inferno - J.K. Wilson explains his 'holiday' on White Island, near Tauranga, New Zealand - with photos; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part I - What happened after H.P. Musson, a transplanted London paper-pusher, lost his job as a hired hand in Western Canada and began looking for his own homestead; Trapping Wild Animals in Northern Siam - The ingenious methods by which the jungle folk trap fierce whild beasts, with great photos; Cycling Round the World - Part III of III of Kai Thorenfeldt's amazing 20,000 mile journey which took over two years - with map and nice photos; Forgotten Fortunes - Frances Dickie describes the remarkable circumstances in which two of the most amazing 'finds' in the history of European art have lately come to light in France - with photo of Mrs. M.L. Westmoreland, who discovered a valuable Goya in a Paris second-hand shop; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part II - Seeking the prehistoric Komodo dragon on a remote Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) island; A Terrible Journey - Joseph Metcalf fell into an underground conduit conveying water from a dam to Port Elizabeth - forty-five miles away!; The Greatest of All Thrills - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article on the new sport of parachuting from aircraft; "Heir Number Six" - A Winnipeg real estate agent goes to the North-West territory in search of an obscure half-breed regarding a dispute over land ownership. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

Unbound. Condition: Very good. These 14 items vary in size. All came from a descendent of S. P. Maxim, a selectman of the town of Paris, Maine, and as such a member of its Civil War recruiting committee. Most of these items reference either Maxim or the town of Paris. The items are: 1. An undated, flag-illustrated business card for the "Recruiting Agency, No. 10 India Street, Portland Me." that notes "Recruits wanted for the Army and Navy, Highest Bounties Paid. Substitutes Furnished and Town Quotas Filled." 2. A handbill from Maine's "Adjutant General's Office, Augusta, Oct 5, 1863" noting that an order authorizing "payment of bills of Orderly Sergeants, and accounts of Examining Surgeons, for services in raising the nine months troops in 1862 [as well as] the transportation and subsistence of nine months troops." 3. A letter, dated January 26, 1864, from Maxim to Capt Wm. A Barrows reporting "that our quota is now full If the men can save the Same bounty this town pays they had best improve the opportunity. If we can make any transfer we shall be happy to pay our own Paris Boys for their hard service." No mailing envelope. 4. A partially-printed receipt from February 1864 signed by George M. Damon acknowledging his receipt of $200 from "the hands of [the] Treasurer of the Town of Paris . . . on account of the State Bounty, for enlistment on the quota of said town under the call of the President of February 1st, 1864. 5. A letter from Wm. K. Kimble, datelined "Headquarters, Madisonville, La. / Febry 20th, 1864" to Maxim in response to a query regarding the current number and status of Paris soldiers in his unit to which he replied in part, "I have been detached from my Regiment, and now 5 companies of it compose a small part of my command and 5 companies are scattered for the distance of 30 to 80 miles from here. I think I have but Three (3) men from Paris. . . No man from my regiment has ever rec'd one cent as bounty and they are suspicious that they never will. W never cost the state of Maine so much as a pair of shoes but still, we have done what we could for the 'Old State' and the 'Old Flag'. . ." No mailing envelope. 6. A partially-printed document from Maine's Adjutant General's Office dated March 29, 1864 acknowledging George Damon's enlistment (see above) was applied to Paris's quota. 7. A postally used envelope franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) from the "Provost Marshal's Office" addressed to "John Russell Esq, / Enrolling Officer / Cambridge Me." with a circular Augusta, Maine postmark dated May 27, 1864. No content. 8. A manuscript document dated August 27, 1864 recording a vote held at the Parish town meeting of "the 25th day of August, A.D. 1864" pledging to "raise thirteen hundred and seventy-five dollars as required by law for recruiting purposes to fille the quota under the last call." The document is franked with a 10-cent and a 5-cent Internal Revenue Inland Exchange stamps, Scott #s R7 and R36. 9. A manuscript document similar to the one immediately above dated September 2, 1864 and franked with five 10-cent Internal Revenue Inland Exchange stamps, Scott #R36. 10. A manuscript document datelined "Upton Sept 15th 1864" stating that "Warren O Douglas is not Enrolled in the Town and is at liberty to go for any Town he Chooses." 11. A telegraph message dated September 21, 1864 to Maxim reading, "Bryant done nothing lacks Eleven 11 men Will try to-morrow." 12. A manuscript document dated "Paris Oct. 25. 1864" signed by Elias W Murdock certifying that "the town of Paris has this day advanced me the State bounty of three hundred dollars and I do hereby assign my claim . . . to the said town of Paris." 13. A large "Pension Certificate" dated January 23, 1868 identifying Max as the "Guardian of the widow of Alanson Proctor late a Private in Co B 30th Regt of Infantry Maine Vols in the War of 1861, for the suppression of the Rebellion" and authorizing him to collect on her behalf "Four Dollars per month . . . for one year." 14. A letter on stationery of the Adjutant General's Office datelined Augusta November 10, 1870 acknowledge that its prior finding of a $3,600 "deficiency" related to the "call of Oct 17th 1863 . . . has been examined, found to be incorrect, so cancelled, and the State Treasurer notified thereof." . (For more information about the Civil War draft, bounties, and recruiting, see Marvel's "A Poor Man's Fight" at the National Park Service website, "Bounty System" at the Encyclopedia Britannica online, online genealogical databases, and Lapham & Maxim's A History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880.) While all Civil War recruiting and bounty documents are scarce, this collection contains to that are especially so: the Recruiting Agency business card, and the partially-printed receipt signed by Damon acknowledging receipt of an enlistment bounty. A significant collection documenting the workings of a Union towns efforts to meet its Civil War recruiting quotas imposed by the Lincoln administration's imposition of the draft. .

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. An archive of material related to U.S. Army Captain Bernard Nathanson. The group includes 103 gelatin silver and sepia toned photographs, many with captions, most measuring between 2¼" x 2¼" and 5½" x 3½", along with 76 photographic negatives of similar size. Other items include letters, programs, certificates, newspaper pages, and a small leather case. The material is near fine overall, with some light wear, several photos with residue on the verso from previously being affixed to paper. The material tells a story of Bernard Nathanson's life, from his time in college at New York University through his military service during World War II. He was drafted into the military in 1940, at the age of 32. Many of the photographs are captioned and dated. A few show a young "Bernie" at a summer camp, one captioned "To my sweetheart - so that she may think of me while I'm away at camp - It was nice wasn't it Edith?." Bernard would marry Edith a few years later in 1933, and in 1937, the couple welcomed their only child, Neil. Many of the photographs in the group are of Neil throughout his childhood, showing Bernard and his baby boy sitting together on a bench, Neil playing with other young children, later images showing him dressed in a scouts uniform, a few from a trip to Washington D.C. Also included are a card and three letters written from Neil to his father during his time at war. One letter reads "Thank you for the German binoculars and wrist watch. They arrived Monday and I liked them very much," while another expresses thanks for sending a "German Insignia," and paints a picture of the daily life of a child that a father misses out on when at war; "I can make up a lot of new card games that I play by myself. I listened to a funny program and it made me laugh. I heard the president talk while I was getting my haircut. I'm itching to go out and my Mommy said I may. I am fine. Love, Neil." The card simply reads "To Dad, I love you very much, From your loving son, Neil." Several photos show Bernard and others in uniform, a few depicting scenes overseas. About 30 of the photos are travel souvenir cards, nearly all inscribed by Bernard on the verso. A 1945 letter sent from Czechoslovakia, written by Bernard to his wife, Edith, tells of Germans and Czechs desperate to surrender out of fear of the Russians: "Civilians of both sexes, young and old, follow along with the German troops. Reasons are obvious - everyone, absolutely every person in Germany and Czech is in a fearful state lest the 'barbarian' Russians arrive before us. They expect their men to be tortured and their women raped, while vodka flows in the street." He goes on to describe how one can drive out of town for about a mile "Then a tank looms up - behind this tank for miles & miles stretch a motor and walking convoy of some hundred thousand people - civilians, troops, children. Soon all problems will resolve down to trifles & then we go home. This is the period that we sweat out. Hope we at least may take off our heavy helmets & ease the blackout." He concludes "Wish I had a letter. Are you both O.K. Isn't the news really stupendiferous - gees - no more war! Love, Bernard." Records show that Edith and Bernard divorced in October of the following year, and Edith was remarried six weeks later, perhaps telling of the trials that a family endures while one member is away at war. An interesting glimpse into the life of a husband and father, drafted and sent overseas to serve during WWII.

Condition: Fair. On offer is an exceptional original handwritten Civil War soldier's diary that details the final months of the war and what awaits him home in Wisconsin. Beginning June 7th, 1864, our writer heads home on a furlough, finds his wife very sick and his homestead and farm in very poor order. He stays home a few months and then heads back to his troop to get his discharge signed. He then heads back home again to take care of his wife and make the farm pay again. While the author is unidentified research provides that he is from Wisconsin and belongs to the "Beaver Dam Rifles" and many mentions of Camp Randall. Here are snippets of this wonderful diary: "June 7th, In the afternoon our arrival train for the west came along arriving at Beaver Dam. James Watson left, arrived at camp at 8 o'clock. It is there we learned that a freight train had run the track 12 miles ahead and a long day probable ." "June 8th, Morn cloudy and soon began to rain. After breakfast started on foot for G.R. (Grand Rapids I'm assuming). Some rain fell after starting. Most of forenoon cloudy and pleasant traveling. Arrived at Searls at ½ past 9 a.m. Got my wound dressed arrived at the Piney House at ½ past 11. Took dinner and rested at the house and then traveled on. Sun shone and quite warm. Stage overtook me shortly before arriving at Widow Morgans. Rode in to G.R. Paid 50 cents. Went and staid with A. Garrison. Heavy shower at dark." "June 13th, Morn clear with frost. It seems as though vegetation must all die for want of rain and the cold frosts together. Write two letters. One to Mr. D. L. Buck and one to J. McInentz at Lincoln Hospital Washington D.C. Wife sick all day of Diphtheria or intermittent fever. Staid in my wives bedroom most all afternoon. A little better at night. Received a letter from L.V. Taber and one sent by wife May 15 to 20." "June 25th, Hot and dry all day. No rain. Finish calf pasture, set the calves in. Philo comes home from the Rapids. Called upon by the young lady teacher at eve. Invited to attend a picnic on Saturday July 2nd, 1864. Received a letter from State Adjutant General. Learn more about the disclosure of the Rudolph Rogues two. Eli Taylor and Dr. Parkhurst fined 20 dollars each and cost for stealing a rope at the G. R. Ferry ." "July 11th, Morn mostly clear. Help wife wash fill straw bed ticks. Get ready to go to R____ on my way to Madison Wis. for my discharge. Left for G.R. at 3 p.m. Stopped at Duttons and saw C. Ronham. Crossed the ferry and went to Mrs. Compton's and then to Knapps Store. Then to Mr. W.P. Butlers. After supper called on daughter Helen and son Philo and then returned to Butlers. Stayed all night." "July 16th, Morn cloudy, looking like rain. Get up at 4 arrive at New Lisbon at 6 a.m. Get breakfast 40 cts. Commences to rain near 7 a.m. First shower light. Took the cars at 9:10 from Minnesota Junction to Milton. Then Milton to Madison. Day cloudy, threatening rain. Crops all over the country poor. Stopped at the American House all night. A fearful rainstorm set in at night with terrific thunder and lightning. The circus being on exhibition, great confusion existed everywhere." "July 18th, Got up at 5 a.m. Dressed and wrote in my diary. Wrote to wife. Read the Madison State Journal. Go to Harvey Hospital and find that E. F. Charmock is discharged, also learn that J McInentz and several other hospital boys belonging to 5th Wis. were in Madison. Find them playing cards for the beer. Have sociable chat ." "July 22nd, The 6th reg. arrived this morning and learn that the 5th is at Chicago. Go down street after breakfast. Meet B. Faringer and then go to Capitol House to make inquire about J. A. Kellogg of the 6th reg. We learn that Capt. J.A. K. is a prisoner in the hands of the Rebs but well at last accounts. Go to Daggets store and read the paper until 11 and then go to the park and write in diary. At the park until 4 o'clock then go to the depot. Cars arrive at ¼ past four. 5th Wis. Regt aboard. Then comes a.