{"product_id":"the-french-foreign-legion-david-kings-ten-thousand-shall-fall-paperback","title":"The French Foreign Legion: David King's Ten Thousand Shall Fall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Rich\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePaul Rich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew military units attract the attention of Hollywood and novelists as does the Foreign Legion. Those old enough will remember Buster Crabbe as Captain Gallant in the 1950s television serial about the swashbuckling Legionnaires. The non-fictional reality is rather more stark and gritty, and perhaps this volume is much closer to the truth, -- even if Gary Cooper and Victor Mature (who both starred in Legion film potboilers) had a better time of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Wooster King was a student at Harvard from 1912 to 1914, before enlisting in the French Foreign Legion. He joined the French Army, and was made 1st lieutenant in the U.S. 1917. His original title for the book \"Ten Thousand Shall Fall\" was \"L.M.8046: An Intimate Story of the French Foreign Legion\". Dr. Paul Rich is a life member of the French Colonial History Society as well as the Popular and American Culture Associations, and of the Tangier American Legation Society, which maintains the old American consulate in Tangiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486471012530,"sku":"9780944285879","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/82087a78e512479a8becc94155124536.webp?v=1779310103","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-french-foreign-legion-david-kings-ten-thousand-shall-fall-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}