Project Gutenberg 2005-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 585 MacGill, Patrick 1889 1963 The Amateur Army Produced by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto), Suzanne Lybarger, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Amateur Army" by Patrick MacGill is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the experiences of MacGill as a soldier in World War I, particularly focusing on the journey from a civilian to a soldier in “Kitchener's Army.” It highlights the camaraderie, the challenges, and the humorous anecdotes that arise from military life, providing insight into the nature of war and the various personalities encountered along the way. At the start of the memoir, MacGill reflects upon his unexpected enlistment into the army, driven by a mixture of curiosity, social obligation, and the spirit of the times. He recounts the early days of training, the awkwardness of being billeted with civilian families, and the complacency of the British public facing the war. The opening portions vividly depict the humorous yet poignant interactions between soldiers and civilians, the challenges of adjusting to military discipline, and the daily routines of a recruit, setting the tone for a narrative rich with both levity and the subtle undercurrents of the realities of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Great Britain. Army -- Military life World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English D501 Text World War I Category: Biographies Category: British Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 162328 2025-08-07T05:30:48.221344 text/html 159317 2020-12-11T06:11:21 text/html 252798 2025-08-07T05:30:53.527327 application/epub+zip 251512 2025-08-07T05:30:50.083329 application/epub+zip 131853 2025-08-07T05:30:48.888310 application/epub+zip 389784 2025-08-07T05:30:56.213335 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371010 2025-08-07T05:30:52.790320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224604 2022-09-08T01:13:26.652998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140943 2025-08-07T05:30:47.797329 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140807 2020-12-11T06:11:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140802 2020-12-11T06:11:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21021 2025-08-07T05:30:56.341293 application/rdf+xml 13639 2025-08-07T05:30:49.375303 image/jpeg 3676 2025-08-07T05:30:49.130308 image/jpeg 56100 2020-12-11T06:11:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 171962 2020-12-11T06:11:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 56081 2020-12-11T06:11:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 235328 2025-08-07T05:30:48.242355 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia