{"product_id":"archibald-forbes-glimpses-through-cannon-smoke-a-series-of-sketches","title":"Archibald Forbes. Glimpses Through Cannon-Smoke, A Series of Sketches","description":"\u003cp\u003eForbes, Archibald. \u003cstrong\u003eGlimpses Through Cannon-Smoke, A Series of Sketches\u003c\/strong\u003e. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. [12035]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown publisher's cloth decorated in bright gilt and black, near-fine binding with very little wear, clean, 7 1\/8 x 4 3\/4 inches. 1881 owner's inscription in purple ink on the ffep. [viii], 230 clean pp., tight. Very good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection chosen by Forbes as representing some of his best writing around the time of the Franco-Prussian War, with chapters such as Matrimony among the Bomb-shells, An Evening Party among the Navvies, The Parade of the Commissionaires, On the Line of March, George Martell's Bundobust, Reverencing the Golden Fleet, Christmas Day on a \"Growler,\" Railway Lizz, and The Cawnpore of To-day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchibald Forbes (1838-1900). b. Morayshire, Scotland; d. London, England. Forbes was a war correspondent, having enlisted in the 1st Royal Regiment of Dragoons, and invalided out of the service in 1867, he turned to reporting for the \u003cem\u003eDaily News\u003c\/em\u003e to cover the Franco-Prussian War. His revolutionary use of the telegraph brought his first-hand reports to the British public in a remarkably timely manner. His correspondence and books covered the major military movements in Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Afghanistan, the Zulu War, and the Sudan. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43786623942722,"sku":"ABE12035","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07057BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1779731832","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/archibald-forbes-glimpses-through-cannon-smoke-a-series-of-sketches","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}