Monthly Archives: September 2012

Better Than Bullets: The Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 1

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Jack Wagner

Altus Press has just released Better Than Bullets: The Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 1.  This is the first of four volumes that will contain all of Theodore Roscoe’s short stories featuring his fictional story teller … Continue reading →

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French Magazine Covers 5

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Jack Wagner

Here are some more color covers that graced the front and back pages of the French Magazines Le Petit Journal, Le Petit Parisien, and Le Petit Provençal.  The theme is that they all feature good pictures of the uniforms worn by … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: A Job in the Legion

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Jack Wagner

This month’s Foreign Legion pulp fiction is from Collier’s Magazine of 23 December 1933 and is one of many short stories that Georges Surdez wrote for that magazine.  Collier’s was considered a step up from the pulp magazines and was … Continue reading →

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The Legion of the Damned by Bennett J. Doty

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Jack Wagner

                                                                                              The Legion of the Damned by Bennett J. Doty.  Subtitle: The Adventures of Bennett J. Doty in the French Foreign Legion as Told by Himself.  298 pages.  Copyright January 1928.  Published by The Century C0. The Legion of … Continue reading →

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French Posters

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jack Wagner

I apologize for being AWOL from this blog for the past 11 days.  I have been busy with other projects as well as some household chores.  Soon to come in this blog I’m finishing up a couple of book reviews, … Continue reading →

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