Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War, credited to Charles B. Purdom, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War by Charles B. Purdom. Read in English by Ted Lienhart. In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war experiences, in not more than three thousand words, offering a small prize for the best narrative received. In the course of a few weeks I received over three hundred narratives ... The writers had been asked to relate their experiences straight-forwardly and simply. "Good writing" was not expected. The result was that the bulk of the manuscripts were plain statements of fact recording experiences that were deeply felt." The editor arranged 60 of the accounts in order of events, as far as possible. The accounts give a vivid picture of the experience of the common solider in the Great War. - Summary by Ted Lienhart

Recording facts

• Recording title: Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War
• Author credits: Charles B. Purdom
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 61
• Listed recording duration: 16:00:25

Catalogue topics

• World War 1
• british army
• world war 1914-1918 - personal narratives
• world war 1914-1918 campaigns

Opening tracks: first 24 of 61

1. 00 - Introduction — 7:10
2. 01 - The Old Contemptibles, 1914. The Retreat From Mons, August 23rd—September 5th, 1914. Bernard John Denore — 18:50
3. 02 - An Old Contemptible At Le Cateau. R. G. Hill — 16:23
4. 03 - The First Battle Of Ypres, October 1914. J. F. Bell — 10:15
5. 04 - In France And Flanders, 1915-1918. A Territorial In The Salient. F. L. Watson, M.C. — 17:07
6. 05 - The First Gas Attack. Anthony R. Hossack — 13:42
7. 06 - The Battle Of Loos. W. Walker — 14:32
8. 07 - A Highland Battalion At Loos. Thos. McCall — 11:54
9. 08 - At A Sap-Head. David Phillips — 16:21
10. 09 - Trenches At Vimy Ridge. Harold Saunders — 17:09
11. 10 - In A Kite Balloon. W. Sylvanus Lewis — 9:40
12. 11 - A Night Counter-Attack. F. W. Watts — 16:12
13. 12 - A Gunner’s Adventure. N. H. Bradbury — 9:43
14. 13 - The Carnoy Cows. T. S. Williams — 11:58
15. 14 - Ordinary War On The Somme. Fred Ball — 15:35
16. 15 - Delville Wood. Capt. S. J. Worsley, D.S.0., M.C. — 14:24
17. 16 - In A Billet. Harry Drake — 6:50
18. 17-21. George F. Wear — 21:13
19. 18 - A Wireless Operator. B. Neyland — 14:53
20. 19 - At Messines Ridge In 1917. E. N. Gladden — 19:32
21. 20 - A July Day At St. Julien. Alfred Willcox — 16:59
22. 21 - A Labour Company At Ypres. J. Cumming Morgan — 13:17
23. 22 - Two Nights. P. Hoole Jackson — 18:39
24. 23 - On The Belgian Coast. George Brame — 16:19

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