Tuscania1918 Posted 11 November , 2013 Share Posted 11 November , 2013 I am looking for World War I books written by Journalists. I am also looking for rare books. I do not know enough about the subject matter as my interests lies in other areas, but would like to read what the journalists of the times wrote. Also, looking for published diaries written during the war too would be very, very appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 Philip Gibbs was a journalist I think? And Rudyard Kipling began as a journalist, though long before the War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st ANZAC Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 Certainly Max Hastings would be my first Choice. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. London, Knopf Press, Release Date 24 September 2013, ISBN 978-0307597052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 Hi. There quit a bit available on archive.org Philip Gibbs Ashmead Bartlett Herbert Russell There are a number of names you could search for on Spartacus Educational Also the British Newspaper Archive will have many articles of use to you. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 Not really my thing but one that springs to mind is ' With the British on the Somme' (1917) by William Beach Thomas of the Daily Mail and as mentioned Philip Gibbs 'The Battle of the Somme' 'From Bapaume to Passchendaele' 'The Soul of War' all written during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaforths Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 There are still copies of this one around on Abe Books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 I suppose John Buchan could be included as, although he wrote 'The 39 Steps' in 1914 and could therefore be more justly described as a novelist, he did revert to journalism during the war - going to the front at Loos in 1915 on behalf of The Times. However his writing in the war was unashamedly propaganda and I doubt would be of much interest other than as a curiosity. He wrote one piece in which he wildly exaggerated the number of German casualties in the war, and I have always wondered if that was the inspiration for the Wipers Times skit on casualty reporting which concluded that there was only (I forget the exact number) something like 12 Germans left to fight. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkEric Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 Combed Out by F A Voigt https://archive.org/details/combedout00voiguoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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