Foreign involvement in the Spanish Civil War Contingent. While not supported officially, many American volunteers such as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade fought for the Republicans. 'Spain' became the cause célèbre for the left-leaning intelligentsia across the Western world, and many prominent artists and writers entered the Republic's service. As well, it attracted a large number of foreign left-wing working class men, for whom the war offered not only idealistic adventure but also an escape from post-Depression unemployment. Among the more famous foreigners participating on the Republic's side was George Orwell, who went on to write about his experiences in "Homage to Catalonia". Orwell's novel "Animal Farm" was
George Orwell bibliography in 2006, with a paperback published on 25 September 2007. In 2011, Davison's selection of letters and journal entries were published as "George Orwell: A Life in Letters" and "Diaries" by Harvill Secker. A selection by Davison from Orwell's journalism and other writings were published by Harvill Secker in 2014 under the title "Seeing Things as They Are". After his first publication—the poem "Awake! Young Men of England", published in the "Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard" in 1914—Orwell continued to write for his school publications "The Election Times" and "College Days"/"The Colleger". He also experimented with writing for several years