Over the Top

by Arthur Guy Empey, David Stieghan (Editor)

Overview

Based upon the author's experiences on the Western Front. After leaving his position as a recruiting sergeant with a New York National Guard unit, Empey went to England and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940771397
Publisher:	University of North Georgia
Publication date:	04/06/2017
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Arthur Guy Empey (1883-1963) was an American soldier who fought in the British Army during World War I. He was medically discharged after being wounded in action. He wrote Over the Top upon his return to the United States, and after selling more than a quarter of a million copies it was made into a feature film in 1918. Empey went on to become a screenwriter, actor, and movie producer.

Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.

Table of Contents

I.	From Mufti to Khaki	1
II.	Blighty to Rest Billets	12
III.	I Go to Church	24
IV.	"Into the Trench"	27
V.	Mud, Rats, and Shells	33
VI.	"Back of the Line"	39
VII.	Rations	46
VIII.	The Little Wooden Cross	54
IX.	Suicide Annex	60
X.	"The Day's Work"	63
XI.	Over the Top	69
XII.	Bombing	78
XIII.	My First Official Bath	87
XIV.	Picks and Shovels	92
XV.	Listening Post	103
XVI.	Battery D 238	108
XVII.	Out in Front	131
XVIII.	Staged under Fire	135
XIX.	On his Own	145
XX.	"Chats with Fritz"	158
XXI.	About Turn	167
XXII.	Punishments and Machine-Gun Stunts	177
XXIII.	Gas Attacks and Spies	187
XXIV.	The Firing Squad	204
XXV.	Preparing for the Big Push	234
XXVI.	All Quiet (?) on the Western Front	242
XXVII.	Blighty	262
	"Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches"	281