Project Gutenberg 2009-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 360 Haigh, Richard 1895 18013150 Life in a Tank Produced by Jeannie Howse and Friend, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Life in a Tank" by Richard Haigh is a military memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the experiences of soldiers in the Tank Corps during World War I, detailing their training, battles, and personal challenges. The primary focus is on the psychological and physical realities of fighting from within a tank, offering insights into the lives of those serving in this relatively new branch of the military. The opening of the book establishes the allure and complexity of tank warfare as perceived by the soldiers. It begins with vivid descriptions of the tanks as iron beasts, accompanied by the protagonist Talbot's reflections on leaving his infantry unit for the Tank Corps. Readers meet Talbot and his fellow soldiers as they undergo rigorous training, confront their fears, and begin to form camaraderie in a setting devoid of traditional military history. The narrative paints a picture of their initial excitement about this novel form of warfare, interspersed with humor and the somber realities of military life while hinting at the chaos and uncertainty that await them on the battlefront. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 195938 2025-06-11T15:34:18.925714 text/html 191566 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1135934 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1186711 2025-06-11T15:34:26.194708 application/epub+zip 1184288 2025-06-11T15:34:21.349737 application/epub+zip 141379 2025-06-11T15:34:19.864730 application/epub+zip 1295613 2025-06-11T15:34:29.607701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1269107 2025-06-11T15:34:24.909706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204629 2022-09-13T08:17:13.947903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166779 2025-06-11T15:34:18.169752 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166628 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64473 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 166619 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64424 2021-01-04T20:44:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19883 2025-06-11T15:34:29.765668 application/rdf+xml 11417 2025-06-11T15:34:20.453756 image/jpeg 3100 2025-06-11T15:34:20.155739 image/jpeg 1208812 2025-06-11T15:34:18.978820 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