Project Gutenberg 2005-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 125 Peat, Harold Reginald 1893 1960 Private Peat Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Rick Niles, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Private Peat" by Harold Reginald Peat is a personal narrative and military memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's experiences as a private in the Canadian army during World War I, highlighting the blend of humor and grim realities faced by soldiers. Peat shares the story of his enlistment, various training camps, and the journey to the front lines, making it a poignant reflection on the soldier's life during wartime. At the start of the narrative, Peat introduces his decision to enlist after witnessing the enthusiasm to serve in the war from others, including his young neighbors. He vividly describes the preparations leading to his enlistment in Edmonton, his initial struggles with military regulations concerning his physical fitness, and the camaraderie formed among the new recruits. The opening passages effectively set the stage for a journey filled with both anticipation and trepidation as he and his fellow soldiers were soon to embark on a tumultuous adventure that would take them from Canada to the battlefields of France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian D501 Text World War I Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 298872 298699 2024-10-07T11:49:20.899175 2023-09-07T12:01:43.187667 text/html text/html 300903 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1479998 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1491214 2024-10-07T11:49:25.720161 application/epub+zip 1495455 2024-10-07T11:49:21.699154 application/epub+zip 186687 2024-10-07T11:49:21.291156 application/epub+zip 1597587 2024-10-07T11:49:29.077114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1568344 2024-10-07T11:49:25.298158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262592 2022-09-08T06:57:00.501738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270575 270479 2024-10-07T11:49:20.150172 2023-09-07T12:01:42.589670 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 270284 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105813 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270306 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105806 2020-12-12T12:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21858 2024-10-07T11:49:29.210129 application/rdf+xml 27237 2024-10-07T11:49:21.364156 image/jpeg 3257 2024-10-07T11:49:21.327149 image/jpeg 1487086 2024-10-07T11:49:20.978151 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia