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"And they thought we wouldn't fight"
"And they thought we wouldn't fight" is the wartime memoir of Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. Sent by the Tribune to England to cover the war, the book covers the dramatic events that led to the sinking of the ship he had sailed in, The Laconia. Gibbons was rescued and brought into Queenstown. He opened the cables and flashed to America the most powerful call to arms to the American people. It shook the country. It was the testimony of an eye witness and it accused the Imperial German Government, beyond all reasonable doubt, of the wilful and malicious murder of American citizens. The Gibbons story furnished the proof of the overt act and it was unofficially admitted at Washington that it was the determining factor in sending America into the war one month later.
And They Thought, We Wouldn't Fight
Gibbons' book is based on his WWI dispatches for the Chicago Tribute and provides a first-hand account of the war from an embedded journalist (before that term even existed). We journey with him as his ship across the Atlantic is torpedoed, as he witnesses Pershing's grand arrival in France, as the American troops are trained by the British and French, and as he descends into the hell of the trenches. More than just a narrative of the US entering WWI, this is a book that documents young America's trial-by-fire as they emerge onto the worldwide stage in the 20th century, leaving behind their isolationist, pioneering early years and transforming into the global, industrial military power that ...
The Red Knight of Germany
The definitive biography of Manfred von Richthofen, 'The Red Baron'; the deadliest pilot of The Great War, who was credited with 80 Allied 'Kills'. Gibson had extensive access to first-hand sources shortly after the war for his riveting book.
And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight
And they thought we wouldn't fight by Floyd Gibbons France, August 17, 1918. Mr. Floyd Gibbons, Care Chicago Tribune,420 Sue Saint-Honore, Paris.Dear Mr. Gibbons: At this time, when you are returning to America, I wish to express to you my appreciation of the cordial cooperation and assistance you have always given us in your important work as correspondent of the Chicago Tribune in France. I also wish to congratulate you on the honor which the French government has done you in giving you the Croix de Guerre, which is but a just reward for the consistent devotion to your duty and personal bravery that you have exhibited. My personal regrets that you are leaving us at this time are lessened b...
Floyd Gibbons
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The Red Knight of Germany
This is an excellent biography of a well known WWI German war hero. People can find examples of his renown in American pop fiction. For example, Snoopy from the popular comics often flies his doghouse and attempts to shoot down the noble red baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Of course, true to form, Snoopy's aero-doghouse adventures always ended in disaster for the flying dog ace, and the red Baron always flew away triumphantly. In truth, none of the Red Knight's victims ever flew away again. They either found their end in flames, or riddled with bullets, or smashed impacting the earth, or taken as a prisoner of war. This book offers some unique insights into the baron's life and one can see th...
The Red Napoleon
A 1929 futuristic novel depicts the rise of a Communist-supported Third World army which penetrates the North American continent
The Red Knight of Germany
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkr�fte) during the First World War. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of Jasta 2 in 1916. He quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, and during 1917 became leader of Jasta 11 and then the larger unit Jagdgeschwader 1 (better known as the "Flying Circus"). By 1918, he was regarded as a national hero in Germany, and respected and admired even by his enem...
Pilots' Luck
" ... Clayton Knight was sent to England to be trained, and in the summer of 1918 went out to the front, where he flew with the 206 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. While in England and at the front, during his spare time, he made sketches of the planes and their crews. He was wounded and brought down in enemy territory, where is was taken prisoner and finished his war experiences in a German hospital. When WAR BIRDS was first published in Liberty Magazine, he was selected as the illlustrator. His work met with such enthusiastic response that he was called upon to illustrate many other stories of war flyng. Now his name is associated here and abroad with records of aerial warfare ..."--Elliott White Springs, from page 20 of the Foreword
