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GtrsRGr8 · 07-23-2015, 07:58 PM

Marked down $16.00 from the digital list price of $19.99, making a nice 80% drop (if figured from the print list price, it would be an even greater percentage).

In the "old days" (ha), I suppose that this would be considered a coffee table book, what with it being jam-packed with photographs. I think that it still could be a coffee table book if you turn on your tablet with this ebook loaded, and leave it on the table before company comes. ha.

Ratings are a little hard to come by on this book, but the ones that there are are high ones. And from skimming through the text, I think that I can say that it is a good one. The 250 "new" photographs of World War I easily make it a must-post.

A Doctor in The Great War: Unseen Photographs of Life in the Trenches. By Andrew Davidson. Rated 5 stars, but from only 1 review at Amazon at the present moment; rated 4.00 at GoodReads, but from only 3 reviews. Print list price $37.00; digital list(?) price $19.99; Kindle price now $3.99. Altria Books/Marble Arch Press, publisher(s). 320 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Great-W...1JGY03MXTC2C5K.

Book Description
Featuring 250 previously unknown photographs, this is the extraordinary true story of a young doctor whose photos left behind an astonishing firsthand account of life at the front of World War I.

As a twenty-five-year-old medical officer and one of the first doctors to win the Military Cross, Fred Davidson took countless photographs while he served in the trenches from 1914-1915. Though he took them illegally, more than 250 of the photographs shot by Davidson and his fellow officers survived and are now shared for the first time in this harrowing, eye-catching, and poignant narrative of the Great War.

In A Doctor in the Great War, author Andrew Davidson—the grandson of Fred—depicts the everyday lives of soldiers, both on and off duty: from the parade ground at Glasgow’s Maryhill to the brothels of Armentieres, from the band of brothers who dubbed themselves “Old Contemptibles” to the original folding Kodak and Ansco cameras they used. It is the story of the 1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety for selling the Great War’s earliest front line photographs. And it is a deeply personal account of the pictures that have been passed down for three generations, describing the men who fought with Fred Davidson, the conditions they served in, the battles they saw, and the horrors they endured.

A must-have for history and photography enthusiasts alike, this glimpse of the War to End All Wars is an unusually intimate portrait that will engulf you in the lives of soldiers and leave you humbled and amazed.

07-23-2015, 07:58 PM	#653
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	250 Never Before Published Photographs of The Great War, in this $3.99 Bargain! Marked down $16.00 from the digital list price of $19.99, making a nice 80% drop (if figured from the print list price, it would be an even greater percentage). In the "old days" (ha), I suppose that this would be considered a coffee table book, what with it being jam-packed with photographs. I think that it still could be a coffee table book if you turn on your tablet with this ebook loaded, and leave it on the table before company comes. ha. Ratings are a little hard to come by on this book, but the ones that there are are high ones. And from skimming through the text, I think that I can say that it is a good one. The 250 "new" photographs of World War I easily make it a must-post. A Doctor in The Great War: Unseen Photographs of Life in the Trenches. By Andrew Davidson. Rated 5 stars, but from only 1 review at Amazon at the present moment; rated 4.00 at GoodReads, but from only 3 reviews. Print list price $37.00; digital list(?) price $19.99; Kindle price now $3.99. Altria Books/Marble Arch Press, publisher(s). 320 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Great-W...1JGY03MXTC2C5K. Book Description Featuring 250 previously unknown photographs, this is the extraordinary true story of a young doctor whose photos left behind an astonishing firsthand account of life at the front of World War I. As a twenty-five-year-old medical officer and one of the first doctors to win the Military Cross, Fred Davidson took countless photographs while he served in the trenches from 1914-1915. Though he took them illegally, more than 250 of the photographs shot by Davidson and his fellow officers survived and are now shared for the first time in this harrowing, eye-catching, and poignant narrative of the Great War. In A Doctor in the Great War, author Andrew Davidson—the grandson of Fred—depicts the everyday lives of soldiers, both on and off duty: from the parade ground at Glasgow’s Maryhill to the brothels of Armentieres, from the band of brothers who dubbed themselves “Old Contemptibles” to the original folding Kodak and Ansco cameras they used. It is the story of the 1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety for selling the Great War’s earliest front line photographs. And it is a deeply personal account of the pictures that have been passed down for three generations, describing the men who fought with Fred Davidson, the conditions they served in, the battles they saw, and the horrors they endured. A must-have for history and photography enthusiasts alike, this glimpse of the War to End All Wars is an unusually intimate portrait that will engulf you in the lives of soldiers and leave you humbled and amazed. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 07-23-2015 at 08:14 PM.