Fairfax Downey Fairfax Davis Downey , 1893–1990, was a writer and military historian. Fairfax Downey graduated from Yale, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record . After college, he served in the U.S. Army as a captain of the 12th Field Artillery in World War 1 . He was a recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry during the Battle of Belleau Wood . During the Second World War he served in North Africa, retiring as a lieutenant colonel . He worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City and New York City and retired to West Springfield, New Hampshire in the 1950s, where his wife's family had summered for a number of years at the family home Adamsfort . He was married at the time of his death to Washington DC socialite Mildred Adams, daughter of Dr. Samuel S. Adams, and had one daughter and four grandchildren. He wrote biographies of Richard Harding Davis , Charles Dana Gibson , and Richard Francis Burton . His books on history and military history included Our Lusty Forefathers, , Sound of the Guns , and Storming of the Gateway . Fairfax Davis Downey, lieutenant colonel, United States Army , is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Fairfax Downey was the son of General George F. Downey and the grandson of Captain, Brevet Major , George Mason Downey, 14th , 32nd , and 21st Infantry , U.S. Army.History Dogs of Destiny Cats of Destiny Mascots , illustrated by Augusto Marin, Coward-McCann, hardcover, 150 pagesDogs for Defense Sound of the Guns; the story of American artillery from the ancient and honorable company to the atom cannon and guided missile , David McKay Company , hardcoverGeneral Crook, Indian Fighter , The Westminster Press , Philadelphia,, hardcover, 192 pagesThe Guns at Gettysburg Clash of the Cavalry: Battle of Brady Station, June 9, 1863 Famous Horses of the Civil War Storming of the Gateway: Chattanooga, 1863 , David McKay Co, hardcoverIndian wars of the U. S. Army, 1776–1865 , Doubleday, hardcover, 248 pagesLouisbourg: Key to a Continent , Prentice-hall, Inc., hardcoverCannonade; great artillery actions of history, the famous cannons, and the Master Gunners Fife, Drum & Bugle Our Lusty Forefathers: Being Diverse Chronicles of the Fervors, Frolics, Fights, Festivities, and Failings of Our American Ancestors , Books for Libraries Press, Ayer Co Pub, hardcover, 359 pages, The Red/Bluecoats: the Indian Scouts , U.S. Army Texas and the War with Mexico , with Paul M. Angle & The Editors of American Heritage, American Heritage Junior Library, hardcover, 153 pages, The Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars , McGraw-Hill, hardcover, 127 pagesBiographies The Grande Turke: Suleyman the Magnificent , Sultan of the Ottomans Burton, Arabian Nights Adventurer Richard Harding Davis: His Day , Charles Scribner's Sons , hard cover, 321 pagesPortrait of an Era as Drawn by C.D. Gibson: A Biography , Charles Scribner's SonsAnthologies My Kingdom for a Horse: Greatest Horse Stories of All Time , edited by Fairfax Downey, Doubleday, hardcoverGreat dog stories of all time , Doubleday Races to the Swift: Great Stories of the Turf , Doubleday, hardcoverHistorical novels, juveniles War Horse Dog of War , illustrated by Paul Brown, Dodd, Mead & Co , hardcover, 153 pagesJezebel the Jeep Army Mule Cavalry Mount The Seventh's Staghound Free and Easy: The Story of a Narragansett Pacer , illustrated by Frederick Chapman, Charles Scribner's Sons, hard coverTrail of the Iron Horse A Horse for General Lee The Shining Filly Guns for General Washington Humor and light verse A Comic History of Yale Father's First Two Years When We Were Rather Older , illustrated by Jefferson Machamer , Minton, Balch & Co, NY, hard coverYoung Enough to Know Better Laughing Verse , collected by Fairfax Downey, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York hardcover, 86 pagesMiscellaneous It Happened in New Hampshire Contribution, Reunion in Print, Yale, 1916, Twenty-Five Year Book Editor, Julia Marlowe's Story Essays, reporting and other contributions
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