Leaders Of The Great War Classic Reprint

Author : Henry W. Zimmermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331200857
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book His Story of Bethalto written by Henry W. Zimmermann and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from His Story of Bethalto: Dedicated to the Boys of Bethalto, Heroes of the World War When on November 11th, 1918, a demonstration was witnessed by the writer, he need not have asked himself why this demonstration, why this noise and racket, why these tears, why this joy, why this hoarseness? he need not have asked a spectator or any of the participants, why this blowing of whistles and horns, the ringing of bells or this revelry? for the look in each face told what had happened. It was on this day and on this occasion that the writer resolved to put into print that for which the good citizens of this community were feeling so happy over. It is not too much to assert at this time that many of the inhabitants of this community had acquired a knowledge of the principal events of the past four years; it is not too much to assert that the inhabitants were directly interested in the events of the past four years; it is for this reason that the writer resolved to have put into print the history of this community in a simple readable form so that in the future it will not be necessary to say that the history of Bethalto has failed to be chronicled, as it failed at the close of the Civil War. Countless stories and many histories will be written about the World War, millions of books will be placed on the market enumerating the deeds of our men; yet no book will be written in which our community will be mentioned. It is for this reason that the writer feels it is necessary to have printed and put into book form the part this little community took in the Great World War; in view of this fact it is most desirable that a history should present the features of the progress that the inhabitants should know. In this book the history of those who took part in this struggle is told in words of truth and fairness. There is nothing recorded herein but told by the person of whom it is written; if that became impossible, as in a few instances, by some authentic person who had a clear knowledge of the statements made. The attempt to write a history is undoubtedly a difficult undertaking, and more so when, as now, the popular mind is somewhat divided, caused by the exciting times through which our nation was whirled. For that reason only those happenings are recorded that the boys of this community, who will from now on be called Our Boys, have witnessed. To this end the writer has confined himself within the scope of such evidence. The events are recorded as they appeared to Our Boys the past two years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.