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High Adventure James Norman Hall
High Adventure
James Norman Hall
Book Excerpt: ...room there were little groups of two and three, chatting together in combinations of Franco-American which must have caused all deceased professors of modern languages to spin like midges in their graves. And throughout all this before-supper merriment, one could catch the feeling of good-comradeship which, so far as my experience goes, is always prevalent whenever Frenchmen and Americans are gathered together. At the ordinaire, at supper-time, we saw all of the élève-pilotes of the school, with the exception of the non-commissioned officers, who have their own mess. To Drew and me, but newly come from remote America, it was a most interesting gathering. There were about one hundred and twenty-five in all, including eighteen Americans. The large majority of the Frenchmen had already been at the front in other branches of army service. There were artillerymen, infantrymen, marines, --in training for the naval air-service, --cavalrymen, all wearing the uniforms of the arm to...
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 29, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9798685216366 |
| Pages | 116 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 6 mm · 163 g |
| Language | English |
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