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McAuslan in the Rough is the second collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser featuring a young Scottish officer named Dand MacNeill. It is a sequel to The General Danced at Dawn and concerns life in a Highland regiment after the end of World War II.
Sep 28, 1974 · McAuslan in the Rough, the second volume of George MacDonald Fraser's stories featuring "Old Private Piltdown" (as the court-martial defence called him), includes such episodes as the desert mystery of Fort Yarhuna, the Great Regimental Quiz, the search for a deserter in a native town threatened by epidemic, McAuslan in love, and his finest and ...
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Nov 29, 2012 · 'McAuslan in the Rough', a collection of seven short stories, recounts tales of service in a Scottish Highland regiment after WW II in North Africa and later back home awaiting demobilization. The narrator is a young subaltern by the name of Dand MacNeill who has the dread luck to suffer McAuslan's presence in his platoon.
- George MacDonald Fraser
'McAuslan in the Rough', the second volume of George MacDonald Fraser’s stories featuring “Old Private Piltdown” (as the court-material defence called him), includes such episodes as the desert mystery of Fort Yarhuna, the Great Regimental Quiz, the search for a deserter in a native town threatened by epidemic, McAuslan in love, and his ...
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- George MacDonald Fraser
McAuslan in the rough, and other stories by Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925-2008. Publication date 1974 Topics Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
McAuslan Series by George MacDonald Fraser. 3 primary works • 4 total works. Fraser's fictionalized account of adventures in the post-World War II British army, featuring McAuslan, the World's Dirtiest Soldier. The General Danced at Dawn. by George MacDonald Fraser. 4.21 · 449 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 1970 · 12 editions.
Private McAuslan was 'the biggest walking disaster to hit the Army'. Loosely based on his own experiences in a Scottish regiment, and written with rare humour, a sense of the ludicrous and real affection for soldiering, the second volume of George...
