In Many Wars, by Many War Correspondents

Originally published in Tokyo in 1904, and never widely circulated, this volume presents a collection of wartime reminiscences collected from a group of war correspondents restricted to the Imperial Hotel by a nervous Japanese government at the start of the Russo-Japanese war. Stories showcase reporting from conflicts spanning the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the volume provides an interesting window into the adventurous life of the war correspondent as well as wonderful examples of the florid prose of turn of the century journalism. The work includes a new foreword by John M. Hamilton, a former foreign correspondent and the vice chancellor and provost of Louisiana State University. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Maxwell Hamilton, a former foreign correspondent, is the author of Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting and other books. He is executive vice chancellor and provost of Louisiana State University, LSU Foundation Hopkins P. Breazeale Professor, and the founding dean of LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication.