The Last of the Doughboys : The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
by Rubin, Richard
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0544290488
- ISBN 13
- 9780544290488
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Synopsis
When World War I ended over one million American vets came home, and every town in the nation built a memorial in hopes that the unprecedented conflict would never be forgotten. Yet, over the next century, it was. Ten years ago, Richard Rubin set out to interview every last living doughboy—several dozen, aged 101 to 113. They shared with him, at the last possible moment (all are gone now), their story of America’s Great War. They were nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century: self-reliant, humble, and stoic; never complaining, still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win. A decade in the making, The Last of the Doughboys is a sweeping new look at our forgotten world war, and a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory.
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- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5361058-6
- Title
- The Last of the Doughboys : The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
- Author
- Rubin, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Trade Paper
- ISBN 10
- 0544290488
- ISBN 13
- 9780544290488
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- This edition first published
- 2014-05-06
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