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Johnny Gurka is a legend.His sense of humour, his endurance and stubborness
in adversity, and his indifference to politician and parson have marked him out as among the best soldiers in the world In this book, Duncan Forbes,
who is himself an officer serving with the Gurkhas and knows their homeland
well, shows how it came about that the men of a.small country in the Himalayas won renown throughout Europe and Asia.