The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon. J. M. Gordon

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066223885

Table of Contents

       BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

       By J. M. BULLOCH

       BRIG.-GENERAL J. M. GORDON’S DESCENT AT A GLANCE

       Part I

       THE CHRONICLES OF A GAY GORDON

       PART I

       CHAPTER I

       MY SCOTS-SPANISH ORIGIN

       CHAPTER II

       MY SCHOOLING

       CHAPTER III

       A FRONTIER INCIDENT

       CHAPTER IV

       FIRST WAR EXPERIENCE

       CHAPTER V

       MY MEETINGS WITH KING ALFONSO

       CHAPTER VI

       WITH DON CARLOS AGAIN

       CHAPTER VII

       MY FIRST ENGAGEMENT

       CHAPTER VIII

       SOLDIERING IN IRELAND

       CHAPTER IX

       UNRULY TIMES IN IRELAND

       CHAPTER X

       SPORT IN IRELAND

       CHAPTER XI

       A VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND

       CHAPTER XII

       A MAORI MEETING

       CHAPTER XIII

       AN OFFER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA

       CHAPTER XIV

       I BECOME A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR

       CHAPTER XV

       A MERCHANT, THEN AN ACTOR

       CHAPTER XVI

       AS POLICEMAN IN ADELAIDE

       MILITARY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOSEPH MARIA GORDON, C.B.

       Part II

       CHAPTER I

       SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

       CHAPTER II

       POLO, HUNTING AND STEEPLECHASING

       CHAPTER III

       THE RUSSIAN SCARE AND ITS RESULTS

       CHAPTER IV

       THE SOUDAN CONTINGENT

       CHAPTER V

       A TIME OF RETRENCHMENT

       CHAPTER VI

       MY VISION FULFILLED

       CHAPTER VII

       THE GREAT STRIKES

       CHAPTER VIII

       THE