The 101st Field Artillery, A.E.F., 1917-1919
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 306 pages. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Maps. Roster. Ex-library with the usual markings. Numerous B/W illustrations and maps scattered through the book. Fold out of unit personnel at rear of book. Russell Gordon Carter was an American author. Born in 1892 in New Jersey. He died in 1957. His ambition was always to become a writer. After a stint as a reporter and magazine editor and serving in the army in the First World War, he began to work as a freelance writer and novelist. He soon became a prolific author, with over 30 titles to his name as well as numerous short stories. His books, influenced by his experiences in the war, had a military theme. He also seems to have been fond of animals as they appear in a number of his books. Both these themes come together in his one horse story, which was based upon his relationship with his sorrel horse Shaggy during the war. The website which his daughter had set up to commemorate him is no more. More