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- ISBN
- 9780547554433
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0547554435
ISBN-13
9780547554433
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150532611
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last of the Doughboys : the Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Veterans, Military / World War I, General, Military
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Richard Rubin has written the most riveting and astonishing book about World War I that I have read in a decade. No matter what you think about that terrible conflict, this book will lift up your heart, not only about the war but about being an American. It's unique!" - Thomas Fleming, author of The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I "Richard Rubin has performed an extraordinary feat of World War I sleuthing. He has managed to track down numerous centenarians - centenarians! - who fought in the trenches and has skillfully resurrected their memories in a way that brings that now sepia-toned conflict into focus as sharp as a bayonet. Rubin refers to these doughboys as 'the forgotten generation.' Yet he brings them back unforgettably. And his book is addictively readable." - Joseph E. Persico, author of Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II "Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War I veterans - who have all since died - bring to vivid life a cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously forgotten here. And his research and battlefield visits help us picture the background to the survivors' stories." - Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, "Richard Rubin has written the most riveting and astonishing book about World War I that I have read in a decade. No matter what you think about that terrible conflict, this book will lift up your heart, not only about the war but about being an American. It's unique!" - Thomas Fleming, author of The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I "Richard Rubin has performed an extraordinary feat of World War I sleuthing. He has managed to track down numerous centenarians - centenarians! - who fought in the trenches and has skillfully resurrected their memories in a way that brings that now sepia-toned conflict into focus as sharp as a bayonet. Rubin refers to these doughboys as 'the forgotten generation.' Yet he brings them back unforgettably. And his book is addictively readable." - Joseph E. Persico, author of Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II "Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War I veterans - who have all since died - bring to vivid life a cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously forgotten here. And his research and battlefield visits help us picture the background to the survivors' stories." - Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
Dewey Decimal
940.48173
Table Of Content
Prologue: No Man's Landix 1. Wolves on the Battlefield1 2. Over the Top15 3. The American Sector35 4. Cheer and Laughter and Joyous Shout72 5. The People Behind the Battle94 6. The Forgotten Generation111 7. Give a Little Credit to the Navy123 8. A Vast Enterprise in Salesmanship142 9. Hell, We Just Got Here165 10. We Didn't See a Thing188 11. Loyal, True, Straight and Square216 12. Old Dixieland in France243 13. L'Ossuaire285 14. A Wicked Gun, That Machine Gun312 15. Wasn't a Lot of Help346 16. The Last Night of the War389 17. The Last of the Last424 18. We Are All Missing You Very Much465 Acknowledgments477 Bibliography479 Index481
Synopsis
For the past decade, Richard Rubin sought every last living American veteran of World War I--and uncovered a forgotten great generation, and their war., In 2003, 85 years after the armistice, it took Richard Rubin months to find just one living American veteran of World War I. But then, he found another. And another. Eventually he managed to find dozens, aged 101 to 113, and interview them. All are gone now. A decade-long odyssey to recover the story of a forgotten generation and their Great War led Rubin across the United States and France, through archives, private collections, and battlefields, literature, propaganda, and even music. But at the center of it all were the last of the last, the men and women he met: a new immigrant, drafted and sent to France, whose life was saved by a horse; a Connecticut Yankee who volunteered and fought in every major American battle; a Cajun artilleryman nearly killed by a German aeroplane; an 18-year-old Bronx girl "drafted" to work for the War Department; a machine-gunner from Montana; a Marine wounded at Belleau Wood; the 16-year-old who became America's last WWI veteran; and many, many more. They were the final survivors of the millions who made up the American Expeditionary Forces, nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century. Self-reliant, humble, and stoic, they kept their stories to themselves for a lifetime, then shared them at the last possible moment, so that they, and the World War they won - the trauma that created our modern world - might at last be remembered. You will never forget them. The Last of the Doughboys is more than simply a war story: It is a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory.
LC Classification Number
D639.V48U67 2013
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- y***y (448)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExactly the book I needed! Love my purchase. Great packaging and shipping, the box arrived today in perfect shape. The item matches the description and photo images exactly! Thank you for making this purchase so great! I highly recommend this eBay vendor for all of your purchase needs!
- i***i (75)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook was shipped promptly and carefully packaged. It was in much better condition than described and looks almost brand new. The price was also very fair. Excellent experience.