Around the World in an Overcoat: The WWI Journal of PFC Carl W. Farnsworth

by Carl W. Farnsworth, Alexandria M. Hunter (Introduction), Carl W. Farnsworth (Photographer)

Overview

"We are always ready but in the meantime its dig, and work, and being careful, and trust to chance at times"
-- Carl Farnsworth, July 18th, 1918.

This book contains the legacy of First Class Private Carl W. Farnsworth. Experience World War One through the words of a combat engineer: one of the many and sadly forgotten men who helped pave the way for the rest of America to enter the Great War. This is a story about a simple man from Nebraska, as he travels halfway around the world. Encountering the sights of war and meeting those that were left behind in the rubble. And yet through it all, he could still see the beauty of the world that was around him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765579923
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	12/06/2021
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Alexandria M. Hunter was born and raised in Ohio, U.S.A. Growing up, Alexandria had an undying love for telling stories; her parents were exposed to hours of constant nonsense from their toddler daughter.

The older Alexandria had gotten, the more her love of storytelling grew. For most of her younger school years up to University, Alexandria had been a part of the theater. At one point, she had the chance to take her storytelling to the stage and entered her first-ever play script into her hometown's One-Act Festival. The One-Act titled "Little Girl, Little Girl" told the story of the Five Stages of Greif through the eyes of a child, performed beautifully by the actors, it won second place at the festival.

Alexandria continues writing Poems, Short Stories, Soon to be Books, and Audio Dramas for her YouTube Channel-Mystic Grove Audio.

Though not her own story, Alexandria is proud and honored to have transcribed and published her three great uncles' WWI journal. She believes this humble tale of war through the eyes of a simple Nebrasken photographer is an excellent window into a forgotten part of history.