The Last Shot

Frederick Palmer (1873 - 1958) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania and was the subject of the biography Fifty Years at the Front: The Life of War Correspondent Frederick Palmer by Nathan A. Haverstock. Works by Palmer include: Lucy of the Stars (1906), The Big Fellow (1910), The Vagabond (1910), Danbury Rodd, Aviator (1910), Over the Pass (1912), The Last Shot (1914), - a novel about a fictional major European war, from the point of view of a small set of soldiers and civilians. Written before the start of WW1. - My Year of the War (1916), - Palmer's account of his experiences as a journalist, starting the day WW1 was declared. - My Second Year of the War (1917), - Palmer's account of his second year as a WW1 Journalist - and With My Own Eyes (1933).