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Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experienced first-hand, including the living conditions and duties of officers and “Tommies” (enlisted men) in their dank, rat-infested trenches and behind the lines; the maiming and deaths as well as the humor and camaraderie, and the quiet periods described in official reports as “nothing of importance”. Adams relates his wounding in June, 1916 and its aftermath. The concluding chapter, which he wrote during his convalescence in “Blighty” (soldiers’ slang for England), is an impassioned reflection on war. Following several months of recuperation Adams returned to the front. On February 26, 1917 he was wounded again; the following day he died. (Lee Smalley)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55261
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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- Project Code: QvDz5NFg
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (John Bernard Pye Adams) : n/a
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 17
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
- Original publication date (if known): 1917
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military
Keywords that describe the book: World War I, the Great War, memoir, trench warfare
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Chapter [number] of Nothing of Importance. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Nothing of Importance, by John Bernard Pye Adams. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Chapter [number] of Nothing of Importance by John Bernard Pye Adams. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Nothing of Importance, by John Bernard Pye Adams. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes. - Example filename nothingofimportance_##_adams_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. nothingofimportance_01_adams_128kb.mp3)
- Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: John Bernard Pye Adams
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Nothing of Importance
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
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