Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell (*1903 - † 1950)
Text source: http://gutenberg.ca/index.html#catalogueO (please only read from EPUB on this page!)George Orwell, writer of amongst other books, "The Road To Wigan Pier", "Animal Farm", and "Nineteen Eighty-Four" also fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). In this book "Homage To Catalonia", Orwell records his battle training, fighting for the Republican side during the conflict, getting shot and wounded, and his escape to France when the regiment he fought for, was declared illegal....
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Wiki author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
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Wiki book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia
published: 1938 / [language: English]
category: travel, history, war / Tags: spain, civil war, 1940s
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Section: 14 / preface: [**PREFACE**] / License: CC0
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Sorry about that but really pleased you picked up on it. I have read all of Chapter 1 again and hope that's fixed the issue. Would you have another check please? 
but we'll get through it ...