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Hoover has acquired the diaries of Gerald "Jack" Beadle, a British-born WWI soldier who, after spending his youth in America, served as a sniper at Gallipoli and as an infantryman in the Middle East under the infamously harsh commander George Younghusband, and who oversaw camel transport in Mesopotamia. A spirited writer and lover of adventure, Beadle documented his varied experiences of the war with illuminating details and insightful commentary.

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