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This category of literature continued to be popular through the Edwardian and later years.
This article is generally in respect of adventure stories for younger readers, written by authors such as George Manville Fenn, G A Henty, Herbert Strang and Percy F. Westerman, although some books below, by authors such as W J Blackledge, Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, and Allan Mallinson were specifically written for adults.
==Also see==
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241464 ''Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter''] by Captain W E Johns 1954. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in ''The Camels Are Coming'' (1932) and two of which were originally published in ''Biggles Of The Camel Squadron'' (1934), originally written for older adolescents. Note however Wikipedia states “The early First World War books were reprinted in the 1950s, when the Biggles books had acquired a younger readership and were bowdlerised''.
*Gallipoli
**"Legion of Lost Souls" by Captain W J Blackledge. “A vivid firsthand story of the tragic and Terrible Campaign at Gallipoli-The Peninsula of Death” From the deeply engraved memory of Digger Craven, Australian Trooper" Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' v13 n42 [1936-10-17] onwards.
*:[https://archive.org/details/LibertyV13N4219361017/page/n5 Part 1], part 2 not available online; [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n44_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n53 Part 3], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n45_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n49 Part 4], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n46_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n57 Part 5], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n47_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 Part 6], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n48_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n47 Part 7], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n49_McFadden_1936-12-05_Missing_First_Leaf/page/n47 Part 8]
*:Likely to be the text, or an abridged version, of ''Peninsula of Death'', as told to W. J. Blackledge by Digger Craven. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1937, which is accordingly also classified as fiction, although elsewhere classified as bibliography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0KbnVtLyiRkC&pg=PA56 Page 56, item 164] ''The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography'' by Fred R van Hartesvelt Google Books</ref>, and also see comments on page 4 of [https://www.rslwa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Vol17-No3-Mar-1937.pdf ‘’The Listening Post’’ 15 March 1937 (RSL WA)] …"appears to be a novel whose author delights in much sordid detail" from the Prime Minister’s Department. For two more books by this author see below, under Mesopotamia, and General.
**[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9789652294579 ''Of Guns and Mules''] by David Lawrence-Young 2010. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. A historical novel set in the Zion Mule Corps.
**[https://archive.org/details/39020025219968-atgripswiththet/page/n6 ''At grips with the Turk : a story of the Dardanelles Campaign in the Great War''] by F S Brereton, first published 1915. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/fightforconstant00westiala ''The Fight for Constantinople : a Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula''] by Percy F Westerman. Catalogued 1915. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11513 ''On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles''] by T C Bridges c 1915. Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
==== General====
:Both these books were set in the North East of India, where the author, an officer in the Indian Army had been stationed. Also see his book [https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org.
*[http://www.britishcomics.20m.com/wolf.htm "The Wolf of Kabul"] ''Rover and Wizard'' January 25th 1964. A transcription. britishcomics.20m.com. This appears to be a reprint, first published in the 1930s in ''Wizard'',<ref>[https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/boy-s-own-adventures-1-2615112 "Boy's Own adventures"] 27 April 2006 yorkshirepost.co.uk.</ref> a weekly magazine for boys published by DC Thomson of Dundee . Story involving Bill Samson (“His real job is surveying the frontier and making maps of the mountains and passes”) and his offsider Private Chung whose weapon was the Clicky-Ba. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Kabul Wolf of Kabul] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528790/page/n471 "Ants"] by W J Blackledge, page 471 ''Fifty Amazing Hairbreadth Escapes'' c 1937. Stated to be an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia'' [1936] Archive.org
:"Company of the Damned" by Captain W J Blackledge. An Inside Picture of the Hunted Men’s Militia [Kurram Militia] in India. The story of Digger Craven, second in command. Appeared in issues of the weekly magazine ''Liberty'' from v13n14 1936-4-4. [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n14_1936-4-4.Liberty_Darwination-DPP_/page/n10 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v15n15_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n31 part 2], [https://archive.org/details/Liberty_v13n16_-_1936_-_MacFadden/page/n37 part 3] Archive.org. Further episodes are not available online.
:An examination of Part 1 shows it is an abridged version of "Ants" which in turn is an extract from ''Hell’s Broth Militia''. Note some classify the latter as biography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA27 Page 27, entry 319] ''British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951'' by William Matthews. Reprint edition 1964 Google Books</ref>
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