Find Out Who "Old Gimlet Eye" Was, and Learn All Kinds of Things about Him!
I've just about quit posting ebooks (without Whispersync audio narration). However, every now and then I run across an ebook that seems to rise above the rest. This is one of them. In part, because the ratings for the book, at both Amazon and GoodReads, are outstanding (and this annotated edition fares better than the non-annotated one). And the 99 cent price doesn't hurt things, either.
There's lots of reading for your 99 cents--256 pages of it!
Old Gimlet Eye (Annotated): The Adventures of Smedley D. Butler, by the polymath-maybe-best-known-as-a-broadcaster Lowell Thomas.
Description
Smedley Butler joined the Marine Corps at age 16 and took part in critical military actions in Cuba, the Philippines, China, Central America, Mexico, and France. He won renown as a battlefield hero and was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history at the time of his death in 1940. Old Gimlet Eye is a boots-on-the-ground account of his many tours of duty, offering invaluable insight into early US military strategy and tactics, weaponry, equipment and many other fascinating field details from the Spanish-American War to World War I and beyond.
This new annotated edition of Old Gimlet Eye includes original footnotes and images.
*Original footnotes.
*Includes images.
Appears to be self-published. Thanks to GA Russell for creating this thread, giving us a convenient place to park books such as this!
Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 02-17-2019 at 04:07 PM.
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