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Author:
Rubin, Richard.
Title:
The last of the doughboys : the forgotten generation and their forgotten world war / Richard Rubin.
Edition:
1st Mariner Bks. ed.
Publisher:
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
viii, 518 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Biography.
Centenarians--United States--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--United States--Veterans.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Veterans--United States--Biography.
Elderly men--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-500) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: No Man's Land -- Wolves on the Battlefield -- Over the Top -- The American Sector -- Cheer and Laughter and Joyous Shout -- The People Behind the Battle -- The Forgotten Generation -- Give a Little Credit to the Navy -- A Vast Enterprise in Salesmanship -- Hell, We Just Got Here -- We Didn't See a Thing -- Loyal, True, Straight and Square -- Old Dixieland in France -- L'Ossuaire -- A Wicked Gun, That Machine Gun -- Wasn't a Lot of Help -- The Last Night of the War -- The Last of the Last -- We Are All Missing You Very Much.
Summary:
Presents a history of World War I and certain battles within that war through interviews with surviving soldiers who were centenarians.
Indexed by:
Publisher's Weekly, February 2013
Kirkus Starred, April 2013
Booklist, April 2013
Publisher's Weekly
Kirkus Starred
Booklist
ISBN:
0544290488
9780544290488 (pbk.)
Locations:
SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)
TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)
CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

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