Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster
The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster
The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster
Ebook251 pages3 hours

The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Fleeing poverty, heartbreak, and the shadow of his famous ancestor, Davy Crockett, young Wesley Foster hops a freight train, leaving home and family far behind.

His journey of self-discovery takes him far from life in rural Arkansas in the years before World War I. He and his buddies ride the rails of America, having grand adventures before joining the US Army.

As young soldiers, they spend the next three-and-a-half years overseas in the Panama Canal Zone, the Caribbean, the Philippines, and China. After eight years, Wesley returns home to his family that had given him up for dead.

Wesley's next stop is northern France. Following intensive training with the British Empire Forces, he is involved in pitched engagements, sniper duty, and night patrols in No Man’s Land. After being mustard gassed, he spends a brief reprieve from the "Mad Line" in Paris. Wesley returns to his unit and is thrown into fierce combat during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. In one battle the carnage is so horrifying, it is called the "Center of Hell."

Join Wesley as he grows up in rural poverty, crisscrosses America in boxcars, engages in secret military operations in America's new territories, and struggles to survive what most thought would be "The War to End All Wars."

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 23, 2019
ISBN9781480872509
The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster
Author

Edward W. Hudson

Edward W. Hudson has a BA in Anthropology from Arizona State University, with an emphasis on archaeology and sociocultural studies. He also studied Spanish as a second language. Ed could have been a high school teacher, a college professor, a historian, or an archaeologist digging up artifacts in remote places. But he possesses a creative capacity for business as well, which led him to a career in printed packaging that included the pursuit of global business development. Ed is retired now and lives with his wife in Arizona. However, he is not content with idle time and seeks to give back to family, friends, and former business colleagues from what he has learned and experienced in life. He also continues his research seeking to understand the significance of the connections between the past and the present, and how they shape the future. This book has been forty years in the making. The Wanderer: The Story of Sgt. Wesley Foster is a historical saga surrounding the life and times of Ed's great-uncle. Set against the backdrop of World War One, which changed the world forever, the book gives voice to Wesley and the forgotten heroes of his generation.

Related to The Wanderer

Related ebooks

Historical Biographies For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Wanderer

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Wanderer - Edward W. Hudson

    Qabook_preview_excerpt.html|rFdIEZe[(AII$3LeYUiH(t>''||ɬwfERs"bܗ׾^߆v7zocmOT;5_⥷.wnخ6\44ю>tYG_k[ۭ5nLw.лoOG\o}eͥΚv-WLohƌ; pcZ{0kg+b1S`Zgae;_k\5߸u8jw[* hb-mqcZwS$fC[ݭmpFךwamg㴝]l0>93vUѸV|XY|˜u!Y^XaM@<DozP?C]N6⪧tZK~Z7~u /W~4F F3hC>RrUF;=ͬ\>  UA@m*]':dkÓa#'-0Yv{XХMܸ ܻu ?(h _)EEVY2(R^6D:?bUTx@2=.n$-mVvq`S=ï}:j/|Ѽӓ/8wOO7_][h<9yir '(Oc>M-lGOwaSS54O~ۧ஗zWlk_sy6_}^}׉yU7]7޶b~!ut;O62;,ġv1b7W;GC{gz5 >xɷ(+w XĬN4ksь;;¯ſ+5b F|w"Ww ^=jjF8cRZx  A@it]_E#;N@,`j㝛4>(Mz,nCqp ?i[渇zUan D])F\ R;gm"Xu YdC0o='(6v Cm hT}7!*L!$W|D%ѵt 玴;*FٲLDGry=?޲6>+i~P[(c,0?>-Z~<I:_|qcel ⨾a+Cv.$eȲj 'ԃ uobSImOhF Yu'VeC񠮃T;ʘh(^O+T )XbR쏮%.`! *(~ 9 d cjuMܥ778?$.1`G͋Z9 5 ~OobJlS#4!)9Q1(xh rǃݺ !0ƅG6P.߀/eC@Q(nwG.nPr9vjO>{>uqԑ\me*T50]xptC!1<}ÓՑ Ww˧'gy&6Sd%{ll kku;[H)hdֲ8(4g09Tt:>!P#5lCNyWB4\쒌Z_׍~MDO U5mh; A9XC27CDZ(zX8*W0Yh)Rw(rEb2VHK%`!NԕEֲ ԁ95Uɲ,SI[3t4"[u")" oHs"("n3T$o6VV;&d"Iapn(;i`밟IR5L6Q3! @];{{0ocn93n(Hu\{\k}DQИE(xQ8 ͳ5ljpd*G fO$YX@3Z#'m)uղm,40䛈w#c斊ݲ -Q4e+2m)Q`^VTZfZ_sz?(K l!k20eJ+أZP ,$`Ķ 7n[ SOψ@ݐ.Nup,||.oÖt(QF0l62&_>lx>fs'v W_^{d;Qk٦>}͗׺]1:BћX5d}LFdwI ┪▾<4rnd /`L% (kjI4~Cv]9KEH`;C)Cd(r6}UL." wN'\ḧФsK8"_qG_ɝT (PϨ#"&&Hr@bDWE#D xI,FO+iƴ5YdLZn4vS`OVȓG8k:;+XV)\UMR`@'_g [wA~5c7Y)J`¦=POJJUڐ!I%Mt wuwHNS}; {"R \oí>Qd ΉN.I/Q rA )duqf9$4qO<@zH}n(tdGw΅(ԲLfzc,ϡ [3JI`xV B0)χ\*}$EXeV*s)쥥#ښgG Fv7bjϔ+r0m魍5̈<[b= |bpvadfSe0GYd/,3+S)C Or5CV|PYmXD+لd) eF~($ܨ{=Xv.vElRgi3YS-;!ݠ}f,hwҸnܐ=}(OKDZG k$'"uf23; ဖWfY:(K|&3w)wk&DԠ!Rʁpe{5#{TjoF|F3 zq^΄֑tc!9p'67X6m‹qq.ξ+AW{y`Ϳ(bjxW.<ד R b9OlMz?Qհ[lO>g4;$)ũ 4H0 v 4#oڐ|h>I[(cv? U(A \?od'ߥjc4ol\$?bQS?̥>^SU<-jo5`3,2'G LjpMB iDD#I+%qd.+FERbH9 I#G>(r:@"Wbtz\ctJqi[]# ౏}̆ӥn%j'/,-U:^K)i}mj2IʾO&KfB$ z#j WRQVG.(0k)G ~1`K^"@)ae]Xuh Jj @I/"$R ˦VyF圫j0Fh]$%dԅ^>iS8U#2yb$\N`nkF(lxM!裋 \rA?;X dY!vh 1 B#)eQnacQ!T9%QJRd$Rձ%Ѥ'wd73YDiI a0`sܜ\N`U| }n>ꩮ-$@60t'sζ,@-dPW'+AXQ@N= qV,,|WS5ptDgF2.1xY6a!ʠ>!BR?k' ͽfFZ$nKeVBZ瀀T v-%ӑ]K!rfF')QcoFC[ok`V$>Y; R:* tbIijYlKȥ?F W"4d 4cskoYlwf#g*\(oQDSOsͣdsbF]ԑ^+Vl2j{Fp"+ϢGB Nż\=XwS#xQ"uJOj!_f͚mΐKk'Tf/ʰl^bqn ^9"<$R&Q|`;ř4zr*rS/?82ʖ:HיCЍaB<(-ldH Sfw129nbJmZ1KIaFPL$R44dNE,Gz:Mm[u2ê%TPQj4Y*ܕ0-}XY6gXy'+^3joPjGKC3TQRK$!6,1F>n\ߌܙֽPrr^DC[Ue/V&J*)͂ rf@f*fK+x``& .sVqܟwMe^ߓG-!ˠ?3*Fxej~&}Oس)oc|!Jx$33j2̶sgPtFn$Hˬy9 Gu`]job\ȅ|ji!D \0z"t0K1+*p/_gǂ9ڃ~} 2P1N}ibL=I^iAV ۧX:hJe;Z Ԫ9kN* (ݝWJtl 83K6+Wj/ϕʊ@"9)8,SL+ed[d)fexwR^ya/M8l%l}f`KDg/yFIWٹ#ZVHS8ΐ߼4;pcAP*ؗI}i-A鋌u RrI(=+.ǥgw~m[$yqu̔WXz ˅DMq@ڬ42Y8RcR(&':iH}S2-c2Ry[> wLbg5l7?yڎ/A=Ş2fh~X@ ,̦Q^QR9`Φ-+xx\N惇4R;v7hrK~Ùd|8ᲓKeH
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1