THE TIMES RED CROSS STORY BOOK - 18 stories contributed by well-known authors serving during WWI

Book excerpt: The 18 stories in this fundraising book were contributed by soldiers serving during the Great War. The funds raised were donated to the Red Cross, hence the book’s title. The stories have been contributed by well-known authors like A. A. Milne, Oliver Onions, W. B. Maxwell, Cosmo Hamilton, Ian Hay amongst the many, who at the time were, themselves, serving soldiers facing the horrors of the trenches. The stories in this volume are: Dimoussi And The Pistol The Woman The Cherub An Impossible Person The Veil Of Flying Water “Bill Bailey” Life-Like Lame Dogs The Silver Thaw Carnage The Bronze Parrot The Forbidden Woman Eliza And The Special The Probation Of Jimmy Baker The Ghost That Failed The Miracle The Fight For The Garden The Face In The Hop Vines 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities which support returned servicemen injured in the more recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and other recent theatres of war. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Red Cross, Story Book, Returned servicemen, wounded, injured, Dimoussi, Pistol, The Woman, Cherub, Impossible Person, Veil, Flying Water, Bill Bailey, Life Like, Lame Dogs, Silver Thaw, Carnage, Bronze Parrot, Forbidden Woman, Eliza, The Special, Probation, Jimmy Baker, Ghost, Failure, fail, Miracle, Fight, Garden, Face, Hop Vines, charity, fundraiser, WWI, Great War, First World War, soldiers,