The Amateur Army

By Patrick MacGill
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Length2h 9m

About this audiobook

Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889 – November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing. This work is a collection of essays describing an Irish enlisted man's experience of the training leading up to his departure to fight in the first world war. (Excerpt from Goodreads)

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.0 (19)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length2 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2016
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE
6CHAPTER V
2CHAPTER I
7CHAPTER VI
3CHAPTER II
8CHAPTER VII
4CHAPTER III
9CHAPTER VIII
5CHAPTER IV
10CHAPTER IX

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