Decades before Americans became familiar with the term “embedded journalist,” a young cartoonist named Francis Webster embodied that role when he served as a volunteer infantryman during World War I. Using his skills as an illustrator, he documented firsthand the harsh realities of combat life and regularly submitted visual dispatches of his experiences back to an Iowa newspaper. The first published collection of Webster’s wartime chronicles, Somewhere Over There presents a unique view of World War I through a rare compilation of letters, diary entries, cartoons, sketches, and watercolors. As editor Darrek D. Orwig explains in his introduction, Webster gained valuable training as an illustrator when he worked for famed political cartoonist Jay “Ding” Darling during the early years of World War I. When the United States entered the conflict in 1917, Webster volunteered with the Iowa National Guard as it prepared for deployment on the western front. His regiment would be part of the Forty-Second Rainbow Division, one of the first American units to arrive in France. Webster’s accounts, rendered in words and pictures, capture the daily life of a citizen-soldier who trained in stateside camps, traversed the submarine-infested waters of the Atlantic Ocean, fought in muddy trenches, and recovered in hospitals from poisonous gas exposure. Webster suffered a mortal wound during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918, when he placed a fellow soldier’s safety before his own. Webster’s illustrations for the Des Moines Capital helped readers of the time learn what American soldiers were experiencing “over there” by bringing news from the western front to the home front. For nearly ninety years following his death, Webster’s family treasured his collection of artwork and writings before donating it to the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, where it resides today. This wartime assemblage is amplified by Orwig’s enlightening commentary based on extensive research that places Webster’s story within the wider narrative of American involvement in the “war to end all wars.”

Nesta Webster's Secret Societies and Subversive Movements explores the hidden forces behind revolutions and radical change. Tracing the influence of secret orders from antiquity to modern times, Webster presents a controversial and meticulously researched account of conspiracy, ideology, and power operating behind the scenes of world history.

If you don't believe in coincidence when it comes to world affairs then "World Revolution" is indeed a book that you should read. The book reveals the underlying causes that brought about socialistic, communistic, and democratic revolutions in the world. By carefully studying the origins of these uprisings and resulting governments the book goes forth to conclude what the evolving New World Order is shaping into. If you are curious about the world that your children will live in, then this book may well present you with a very probable outcome

Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta H Weber. good condition. paperback, great resource. First Published in 1924 this is a reprint. Has some great pictures no penciling no names no bookplate. not X library, not remainder marked no smoke smell, minimal Shelfware, paper good quality, some pictures. be sure and check out my pictures, tight binding no tears or writing on the pages, back cover top left-hand corner has been bumped.

Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta H Weber. good condition. paperback, great resource. First Published in 1924 this is a reprint. Has some great pictures no penciling no names no bookplate. not X library, not remainder marked no smoke smell, minimal Shelfware, paper good quality, some pictures. be sure and check out my pictures, tight binding no tears or writing on the pages, back cover top left-hand corner has been bumped.