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Horses for France and the strange voyage of a war volunteer
In 1914 the author volunteers to ship as a horseman to France, undergoing a harsh recruitment, a brutal voyage aboard a horse ship, and brutal foremen. He witnesses deaths, guards, and doctor Casey, and ends up in Bordeaux then New York, haunted by the experience and its toll on him.
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United States
Greenwich Street
New York
France
Touc
Hotel Astor
Monsieur
Goldsmith’s
Yoa
Dalles
Bordeaux
Arthur Guy Empey
New Jersey
Pinero
Qwour
Bang
New York Harbor
Casey
Brown
Doc
Sabe
Doc Casey
Western Front
Ana Jyst
Army
Brander
Battry Leo
Quartermaster Corps
Greenwich
Street
Forses