Pushed and the Return Push

Nichols, George Herbert FosdikeProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 520K words
Chapters: 52

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Pushed and the Return Push by George Herbert Fosdike NicholsAuthor: Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike,Language: English, Class: D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918), Release Date: Aug 15, 2007

Editor's review

This is a memoir of the First World War by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, classified by Project Gutenberg under First World War history and released free as an English public-domain ebook. The title's "Pushed" and "Return Push" point to advances and counter-advances on the battlefield, suggesting the content centers on the attack and defense actions of troops in war, with a first-hand participant's immediacy and period tone. For military history enthusiasts of WWI, such texts written by participants offer details and emotions beyond official campaign histories, helping readers understand the situation of soldiers and units at the time. As a public-domain ebook, it has no modern scholarly introduction, maps, or notes, so readers must supply background knowledge of the campaigns themselves. It is suitable as supplementary reading for WWI history, to be read alongside general histories, and also for readers interested in early twentieth-century English documentary prose.

Who it's for

A good fit for

General readers interested in the military history of the First World War
Students who need first-hand memoir material to help understand conditions on the WWI Western Front
Readers who enjoy first-hand documentary narrative and attention to the everyday details of war
Language learners who want to experience early twentieth-century documentary prose through the original English text

Not a good fit for

Military researchers seeking systematic campaign analysis, maps, and annotations
Readers sensitive to war themes who do not wish to read battlefield descriptions and accounts of casualties
People with limited English reading ability who need a Chinese translation for support

Reading tips

Look up the timeline of relevant WWI campaigns before starting the main text to reduce the background gap
Locate the place names and front lines mentioned in the book on a map or online map as you read
Read chapter by chapter and take brief notes to trace the correspondence between unit actions and the author's observations

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book a fictional novel or a war memoir?

Judging from the title and Project Gutenberg's classification under WWI history, this is a documentary work about military operations in the First World War, with a first-hand narrative quality rather than a fictional novel. The specific genre details should be confirmed against the original text.

What WWI knowledge is needed before reading?

It is advisable first to understand the general timeline of WWI, the main belligerents, and the basic situation of trench warfare on the Western Front. With this background, the advances and counter-advances in the book will be easier to understand, and it will be easier to judge which phase of a campaign the narrative is in.

Is there a Chinese edition or modern annotations?

This is an English public-domain ebook released by Project Gutenberg, with the main text in English and usually without modern annotations, maps, or introduction. Chinese readers who need support can read it alongside Chinese general histories of WWI and online maps.

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About the author

Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike Author

George Herbert Fosdike Nichols is an author about whom very little public information is available. The library currently holds only one work by him, Pushed and the Return Push. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality, and common subject categories cannot be confirmed, it is difficult to sketch the outline of his life, and only brief comments on the existing work are possible. Judging from the title, the book appears to be built around the contrast between “pushing forward” and “the return push,” and its subject may involve military operations or frontline experience, with a narrative that combines immediacy with a backward-looking tone. The value of such works often lies not in fine language but in preserving, from a participant’s perspective, the details and moods of a particular situation, allowing readers to approach the rhythm and atmosphere of the time. Given the limited material, his writing style and influence cannot yet be fully assessed; this introduction is therefore cautious and avoids inference beyond the facts.