The Landships of Lincoln - Special Edition Signed, Story of the Invention & Building of the First Tanks

 

There are hundreds of books covering the apocalyptic destruction of the Great War, and the tank is a terrifying and inhuman part of that terrible conflict. However, this book was not written to describe the horror into which the tanks and their ill-prepared crews were thrown. It was written in an attempt to cover the production and use of the first fighting tanks from the perspective of the City of Lincoln and the local people who built them. This is not a story of the First World War; it is a story of a remarkable invention and the creative minds and tenacious men and women who created it.

 

The original Landships of Lincoln was published in 2003 and has sold all over the world. This new revised has 70 more pages than the first one, more drawings, photos and information, much of which has never been published before. Brand new chapters cover the Tank Corps Victoria Crosses of the Great War and actual word for word accounts from Fosters Workers telling their own stories of life creating the worlds first tanks. Packed full of photographs and factual information about the creation and use of the worlds first fighting tanks by William Foster and Co Ltd in Lincoln, England. Find out the production figures, serial numbers, engine numbers and production details of the Lincoln made machines. Find out why the man who invented the tank thought that tracks would never be any good for the job and find out just what Trittons live belly was! Covers the pre-amble to the tanks with Hetheringtons Big Wheel, the Tritton Trench Crosser and Little Willy. Then moves onto tank production and warfare. Then the tanks on the home front, with the Tank Banks and town memorial machines. Lastly find out where the survivors are with a list of existing Great War machines and their locations. Includes prototypes and every mark of tank from Mark I to IX, the Medium A, B and C. American, German and French machines.

 

THIS BOOK IS ONE OF A VERY LIMITED LOT OF JUST 50 COPIES THAT WAS TAKEN TO CAMBRAI FOR THE 90TH ANIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND ALSO TO THE UNVEILING OF THE NEW BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL AT THE SITE OF THE 1917 BATTLE OF FLESQUIERES. IT HAS A SIGNED, DATED AND NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY PASTED INTO THE FRONTIS PAGE AND COPY OF THE CAMBRAI EXIBITION POSTER ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER.

Richard Pullen
Paperback 192 pages 2007 2nd revised edition, signed by author & one of 50 special edition copies.

Book Code:  TU0003