Recollections Of Rifleman Harris

as told to Henry Curling. Edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert

ISBN 10: 0208010491 / ISBN 13: 9780208010490

Published by [Hamden, Conn.] Archon Books, 1970., 1970

About this Item

ISBN 0208010491. Hardback. No Dust jacket. First Printing. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copy with sticker ghost on back cover, name and date on reverse side of front free endpaper, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers.

Seller Inventory # 99151887

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recollections Of Rifleman Harris
• Publisher: [Hamden, Conn.] Archon Books, 1970.
• Publication Date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0208010491
• ISBN 13: 9780208010490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

One of the most popular military books of all time receives a well-deserved new edition for readers young and old. The hero is an ordinary shepherd, a teenager from a small village, who joined the British army in 1802 and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Rifleman Harris was a natural storyteller with a remarkable tale, and his harrowing escapes from capture and death are all told in this unique view of a soldier’s life.

About the Author

BENJAMIN HARRIS was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the 95th Rifles. He told his story to Henry Curling, an officer on the half-pay of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who came across him long after the war was over when Harris, discharged through ill health in 1814, was working as a cobbler in Soho. CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.