PDF Books in War & Military Fiction
Dick Donnelly of the Paratroops
by Marshall McClintockDick Donnelly of the Paratroops is a war novel written by Marshall McClintock and part of the Fighters for freedom series novels published by Whiteman Publishing company. ExcerptsThe big transport plane flew out of a cloud just as the sun appeared over the flat horizon of the desert to the east. The rolling hills over which the clouds hung low..
The Square Jaw
by Henry RuffinThe Square Jaw is a war fiction work written by Henry Ruffin and André Tudesq and traslated from French. Excerpts:That two-hour tramp through a few kilometres of trenches was a heart-breaking business. We floundered through holes, we were swallowed up in bogs, while the mud that fell from the parapets gradually spread itself over our oilskins...
Recollections of the Civil War
by Maud E. MorrowRecollections of the Civil War is novel written by Maud E. Morrow. It is not a fiction work, but based on the real life incidents of one of the close friend of the Author. It reflects a child's point of view of the effects of civil war. There is no second thought the civil war has ignited the abolition of slavery, however the most suffered one..
A Watch-dog of the North Sea
by Percy F. WestermanA Watch-dog of the North Sea is a naval story of the great war written by Percy F. Westerman who has also written other novels like "A SUB. OF THE R.N.R." "THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIR".Excerpts from the book:A bugle-call rang out shrill and clear in the wintry air. "Thank goodness—at last," murmured Eric Greenwood. "That's an end to 'A..
Little Wars
by H. G. WellsH. G. Wells Little Wars is a book of game with set of rules followed by his earlier work Floor Games. While it will be more interesting to play it as a game, the real war is the worst artificial calamities which can be avoided by mankind. While the elementary level of the game is simple rules of movement and firing with set timings, an extension of..
Rilla of Ingleside
by Lucy Maud MontgomeryUnusual to the base of Anne Of Green Gables series Lucy explores the World War in her novel Rilla of Ingleside. Anne Shirley's role in this novel is very much limited and revolves around her youngest daughter Rilla in her juvenile age. It is believed that Lucy's original manuscript is edited to comply with the current anti-German sentiment. T..
Michael Strogoff
by Jules VerneMichael Strogoff is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. Tsar Alexander II of Russia had to encounter the rebellion Tartar Khan. Michael Strogoff, the protoganist is on a mission to reach Irkutsk and inform the governor about a traitor's plan to destroy the city. He has been caught by rebellion forces and he is about to be blinded..
Facing the Flag
by Jules VerneJules Verne's science fiction novel Facing the Flag unearths the patriotism from a man, who wanted to take revenge against the entire world for not buying his invention of super-weapon. Thomas Roch's invention of super-weapon could make the possessor to become super power, but all countries including his own ignored him. Frustration lead to him sel..