Over the Top

Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 7 hours and 04 minutes

Language: English

Arthur Guy Empey was an American who responded to the sinking of the Lusitania by enlisting with the British Army to fight in France. His experiences in the trenches, including his ultimate wounding and convalescence, became this book. When published in 1917, it was a major hit and helped the recruiting effort when America entered the Great War.

If you've heard of the horror of trench warfare in WWI and want to see it from below dirt level, Empey offers it all here.

Also included is Empey's popular "Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches" which humorously demystifies the slang used by the British soldier. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Dedication, Foreword, and Glossary 1 (Mark F. Smith)

Glossary Part 2 (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 1 – From Mufti to Khaki; Ch. 2 – Blighty to Reat Billets (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 3 – I Go to Church; Ch. 4 – Into the Trench (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 5 – Mud, Rats, and Shells; Ch. 6 – Back of the Line (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 7 – Rations; Ch. 8 – The Little Wooden Cross (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 9 – Suicide Annex; Ch. 10 – The Day’s Work (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 11 – Over the Top; Ch. 12 – Bombing (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 13 – My First Official Bath; Ch. 14 – Picks and Shovels (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 15 – Listening Post; Ch. 16 – Battery D238 (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 17 – Out in Front; Ch. 18 – Staged Under Fire 19 – On His Own (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 20 – Chats With Fritz; Ch. 21 – About Turn (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 22 – Punishments & Machine-gun Stunts; Ch. 23 – Gas Attacks & Spies (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 24 – The Firing Squad (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 25 – Preparing for the Big Push; Ch. 26 – All Quiet ? On the Western Front (Mark F. Smith)

Ch. 27 – Blighty (Mark F. Smith)

The audiobook Over the Top falls under the genres of War & Military, Memoirs. It is written by Arthur Guy Empey.

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