Category Archives: Books

Books for 2023

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Jack Wagner

Here are several books related to the Foreign Legion that I’ve noticed are available this year. 1. Line in the Sand: Foreign Legion Forts and Fortifications in Morocco 1900 – 1926 (From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914) by Richard P. Jeynes.  … Continue reading →

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200 Foreign Legion Fiction Books

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Jack Wagner

Here’s another long term project finally come to completion.  It consists of two very large sized pictures that serve as a graphic bibliography depicting the covers of 200 fiction books featuring the French Foreign Legion in some capacity. The first … Continue reading →

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100 Foreign Legion Books

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Jack Wagner

Here is a quick post for today…something I’ve been messing with for a long time.  I thought it would be a good idea to gather the covers of the books about the Foreign Legion into one large type of info-graphic … Continue reading →

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Hell in the Foreign Legion by Ernst F. Löhndorff

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Jack Wagner

Hell in the Foreign Legion by Ernst F. Löhndorff.  Translated by Gerard Shelly. Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 40 Museum Street, London, Great Britain.  June, 1931.  349 pages. I’ve had this book for several years but only got … Continue reading →

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Library Update

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Jack Wagner

This update kind of derailed my posting schedule.  I got wrapped around some formatting issues for some of these books and became frustrated in trying to get the file sizes down.  But whatever…here is a list of some new books … Continue reading →

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Books and More Books

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Jack Wagner

Since Christmas is rapidly approaching it is time to highlight some new Foreign Legion books.  Maybe one or two of these can find their way onto your list for Santa Claus? High Adventure #175:  This bi-monthly publication is a long … Continue reading →

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A Destiny of Undying Greatness: Kiffin Rockwell and the Boys who Remembered Lafayette

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Jack Wagner

A Destiny of Undying Greatness: Kiffin Rockwell and the Boys who Remembered Lafayette by Mark M. Trapp.  Published by System D Publishing Company, 2019.  560 pages. This is a very comprehensive and wonderfully detailed biography of Kiffin Rockwell, the young … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: The Knapsack

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Jack Wagner

This short story comes from Adventure and was found in the May 1st issue of 1933.  The author, Pierre Mille, was a fairly well known French writer and journalist, born 1864 in Choisy-le-Roi, died January 12, 1941 in Paris.  “His … Continue reading →

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Hodgepodge for Summer 2018

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Jack Wagner

Well, summer is about over for me–at least for all the home landscape and garden projects, travel and vacations, the visiting relatives and general busy work that needed to be done in the good weather.  It’s time for some relaxation … Continue reading →

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The Demon Caravan by Georges Surdez

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Jack Wagner

The official Camerone 2018 ceremonies are now over in most of the Legion’s garrisons and regimental posts but I’m sure the celebrations (and libations) will last well into the early hours of Tuesday.  I will have my bottle of Kronenburg … Continue reading →

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