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[haukehaien]

Has anyone ever heard of this book?
Sara

Military Affairs (journal of the Society for Military History) had this to say about it:
"Regimental buffs will find this slim volume stimulating. Based on a single letter written in 1895 by a veteran of the Black Watch who claimed to have served in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, the book reconstructs the Black Watch experience with Private John Hector MacDonald as the hero. It ends with MacDonald's discharge after sixteen years in the British Army, but the old soldier claimed to have fought subsequently in the American Civil War, sailed on a whaler, worked in the Sandwich Islands and British Columbia before retiring in England.
Few scholars will bother to consult MacDonald of the 42nd, but it provides a few evenings of good fun for those inclined to read imaginative constructions."

The author (Donald Featherstone) wrote a number of works on military history and wargaming. MacDonald of the 42nd looks to be fairly easily available from the usual on-line used book dealers.

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

Military Affairs (journal of the Society for Military History) had this to say about it:
"Regimental buffs will find this slim volume stimulating. Based on a single letter written in 1895 by a veteran of the Black Watch who claimed to have served in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, the book reconstructs the Black Watch experience with Private John Hector MacDonald as the hero. It ends with MacDonald's discharge after sixteen years in the British Army, but the old soldier claimed to have fought subsequently in the American Civil War, sailed on a whaler, worked in the Sandwich Islands and British Columbia before retiring in England.
Few scholars will bother to consult MacDonald of the 42nd, but it provides a few evenings of good fun for those inclined to read imaginative constructions."

The author (Donald Featherstone) wrote a number of works on military history and wargaming. MacDonald of the 42nd looks to be fairly easily available from the usual on-line used book dealers.

Cool thanks. So far it is good..no I did do some work today in my office
Sara