Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Whole Story

For those visiting for the first time and those returning, I have two books, one self-published, "The Great Promise", which is available on Amazon and a non-fiction e-book on Kindle, "World War One - An Unkept Promise".

"The Great Promise" was written and published in 2013 as a tribute to my grandfather, Captain Fred G. Coxen, RFA. It contains some fictional sections used to move the story along, which troubled historians, along with the absence of a bibliography.

"World War One - An Unkept Promise" is non-fiction and was written with the help of historians. It contains more information on Captain Coxen's military career as well as photos and documents.

Both books offer all of the journal entries, but in the e-book a few entry phrases were altered from American English interpretation to British.

Ian Gumm - A battlefield historian who operates his own battlefield tour company http://www.inthefootsteps.com    Has read "The Great Promise" and was fascinated by the journal entries. He thought the book would help those less familiar with WWI to gain insight, while historians would find the journal entries compelling. Through our discussions he will promote the book while attending the "Battlefield Guides Convention". He believes the guides could use journal entries to bring the early battles of the war to life.