Garrison Tales from Tonquin: An American's Stories of the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam in the 1890s - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James O'Neill, Charles Royster (Editor), Charles Royster (Introduction by)Publish date:2019-03-01Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807171752ISBN-10:807171751UPC:9780807171752Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Modern, Western EuropeBook Topic:Southeast Asia, 19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC6692HKB4
Garrison Tales from Tonquin: An American's Stories of the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam in the 1890s
The thought of enlisting in the French Foreign Legion held a tantalizing allure for young nineteenth-century American boys in search of adventure. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, James O'Neill enlisted in the legion in 1887, at the age of twenty-seven. In 1890, deployed to Tonquin in French Indochina (more familiar today as Tonkin, Vietnam), O'Neill faced tropical heat, infectious disease, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807171752ISBN-10:807171751UPC:9780807171752Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Modern, Western EuropeBook Topic:Southeast Asia, 19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC6692HKB4
Charles Royster is Boyd Professor Emeritus of History at Louisiana State University and the author of many books including A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783.
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James O'Neill, Charles Royster (Editor), Charles Royster (Introduction by)
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