My Early Life: 1874-1904 By Winston Churchill,William Manchester

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Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century: Winston Churchill.As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. In this autobiography, Churchill recalls his childhood, his schooling, his years as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War, and his first forays into politics as a member of Parliament. My Early Life not only gives readers insights into the shaping of a great leader but, as Churchill himself wrote, “a picture of a vanished age.” To fully understand Winston Churchill and his times, My Early Life is essential reading.

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First published in 1930, Winston Churchill's memoir, "My Early Life, 1874 - 1904", is mainly an account of his getting into trouble, getting back out, and writing about it. He developed skill at all three endeavors, especially the writing which, along with a speaking tour, became his primary source of support as a young man. He was a war correspondent for the Morning Post in London for many years, and published a dozen volumes beginning with "The River War" about a conflict along the Nile, and ending with a Nobel Prize in Literature.He recognized as a schoolboy that he was hopelessly unable to learn Latin and Greek, and so he was consigned to the study of English, considered a lesser scholastic endeavor. Two effects resulted: one, he was not able to enter Cambridge or Oxford without the classical languages, and two, he became very good with his native tongue.Denied the universities, he sought and won a commission in the Army, serving in a cavalry division. His first real military foray was in Egypt, then on to India, and finally he served in the South African Boer war of 1899. These adventures make up the bulk of the memoir.His capable renditions of these events, published as a column in the Post, were quite popular. When he finally returned to civilian life he had a ready audience for his talks and speeches. He really is good at spinning a yarn; his memoir quickly becomes a page-turner, and it was very popular at the time it was published. I found it most enjoyable too.In all these battles a great deal of ordinance was fired in Winston's direction, but none of it hit him. This fact alone renders his stories with a sort of Hollywood Western gloss, and certainly heighten the reader's attention.Probably the most riveting tale was of his capture by the Dutchman, Louis Botha, who could easily have shot him and let it go at that, but didn't and became a lifelong friend. Botha turned Churchill over to a Boer prison, from which Winston soon escaped. The escape tale involves a coal mine labyrinth, a lot of worrying and waiting, and some freight trains, one carrying coal sacks, and another great bales of wool.From today's viewpoint Winston was clearly a shameless imperialist and racist, pretty normal for the British of the time. There doesn't seem to be any malice in it, just ignorance. He was always an enthusiastic servant of Empire; though he did examine the best course of British action from the viewpoint of the colonized, he never escaped his imperialist assumptions.While on his lecture tour he chanced to have a conversation with Mark Twain which turned to the recent war with the Boers. Churchill notes that Twain deftly, by socratic method I suppose, forced Winston into an uncomfortable corner, where he was saying "My country right or wrong." Twain replied, "When the poor country is fighting for its life I agree. But this was not your case." I think Clemens had the sharper wit.Churchill was showered with honors in his senior years. After his name come no less than seven titles: "KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA", just the beginning of a much longer list of recognitions.What drove him to greatness? Well, he was born into a noble family, a very accomplished and well positioned British father, Lord Randolph Churchill, MP, Exchequer, etc., and a smart, wealthy, and attractive American mother. Yet neither of them gave Winston much in the way of affectionate support as a child. So he felt orphaned in this splendid family, a situation that is often a spur to excel. Yet later, as a young man, he had a great deal of support from his mother who was always pulling strings for him, and from his late father's friends who were a very powerful group.Winston used all this support to get himself placed in army positions where he did his best. He spent his off hours in India, about five hours every sweltering midday, reading himself much of an education that he had missed by not going to university. When you add to all this his war correspondence for a growing readership, you have a man who could win election to Parliament, and did. The rest is history.

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