20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).

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Alt: A front cover of "On Another Man's Wound" by Ernie O'Malley with sepia coloured photo of soldiers guarding rubble on OConnell St. Nelson's Pillar in background

@AidanK @DoomsdaysCW @breadandcircuses
Thanks for bringing this book to my attention. I remember the title from many years ago when I was deep into the history of the Irish revolution and civil war but had forgotten about it since then. Sounds very good.
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It is. In part an impressionistic stream-of-consciousness account of a period of extreme activity in a young person's life, it depicts his transformation from a sheltered first-year medical student to peripatetic organiser and trainer, to hardened guerilla, and eventually to de facto warlord of much of the South-west, commanding over 7000 fighters. It's an extraordinarily powerful read, perhaps in part because the notes for it were written.../

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.../ while O'Malley was in hospital awaiting execution, badly wounded following his capture by Free State forces.

Word of warning- the book can leave a reader with an irresistible urge to action. This was a positive influence in my life but I have it on good authority that the book has been a key step on the pathway for a good number of outstanding young people to throw away their lives on a compromised organisation over the years.