Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
Charles Belmont Davis (editor)
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
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Renowned American journalist Richard Harding Davis helped define the genre of front-line reporting with his first-hand accounts of battlefield action in the Spanish-American war. Later, Davis went on to cover several additional conflicts in his inimitable style. Upon his return to the United States, he worked as a newspaper columnist for several prominent publications, where he tackled many of the toughest social issues of the day. This fascinating volume follows Davis's life on and ...

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ADVENTURES AND LETTERS
OF
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
EDITED BY CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE EARLY DAYS
CHAPTER II
COLLEGE DAYS
A COMMENCEMENT IDYL
OUR STREET
CHAPTER III
FIRST NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER IV
NEW YORK
CHAPTER V
FIRST TRAVEL ARTICLES
CHAPTER VI
THE MEDITERRANEAN AND PARIS
ALFRED DE MUSSET EST MORT DANS CETTE MAISON
CHAPTER VII
FIRST PLAYS
TAKE ME BACK TO BROADWAY, WHERE THE ORCHIDS GROW WITH APOLOGIES TO THE WESTERN DIALECT POETS
A VOUS, JOHN DREW
CHAPTER VIII
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
CHAPTER IX
MOSCOW, BUDAPEST, LONDON
CHAPTER X
CAMPAIGNING IN CUBA AND GREECE
CHAPTER XI
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
CHAPTER XII
THE BOER WAR
CHAPTER XIII
THE SPANISH AND ENGLISH CORONATIONS
CHAPTER XIV
THE JAPANESE-RUSSIAN WAR
CHAPTER XV
MOUNT KISCO
CHAPTER XVI
THE CONGO
CHAPTER XVII
A LONDON WINTER
CHAPTER XVIII
MILITARY MANOEUVRES
CHAPTER XIX
VERA CRUZ AND THE GREAT WAR
CHAPTER XX
THE LAST DAYS
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