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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0544290488
ISBN-13
9780544290488
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168448052
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last of the Doughboys : the Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Veterans, Military / World War II, Military / World War I, General, Military
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
15 oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate work of reporting. Almost a hundred years after the event, he makes that immensely consequential and partly forgotten war as alive as twenty minutes ago." -- Ian Frazier, New Yorker contributor and author of Travels in Siberia "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 "From its boffo, page-length first sentence situating the First World War in American memory ('before the Band-Aid and nylon and the ballpoint pen and sliced bread') to its moving concluding portrait of Frank Buckles (1901-2011),'the last of the last' of the doughboys, this book makes irresistible reading. A fusion of reportage, memoir, and history, The Last of the Doughboys is a work of learning, wit, and compassion." -- Jack Beatty, author of The Lost History of 1914 "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 "My namesake was a great-uncle who faked his age and enlisted in the Army as a teenager -- shipping off to France and fighting in World War I, where he was wounded and gassed. I cherish his Purple Heart. And I remember long conversations with him as he thought back on his experiences, by turns horrific and comic. Now, in an extraordinary work that combines oral history and personal reporting, Richard Rubin relates his encounters with the last survivors of that war, centenarians all --the 'forgotten generation,' as he calls them. The Last of the Doughboys is a book that puts Rubin's trademark style on display: it is deeply researched, shrewdly observed, and warmly humane." -- Cullen Murphy, editor-at-large, Vanity Fair "Richard Rubin's The Last of the Doughboys is more than just a collection of memories. It is a moving tribute -- a final salute -- to a generation of men who gave their all to win the war that would, they hoped, end all wars. This intimately written book will stand at the forefront of World War I literature for many years to come." -- Edward G. Lengel, a
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
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 Acknowledgments 477 Bibliography 479 Index 481
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"Before the Greatest Generation, there was the Forgotten Generation of World War I . . . wonderfully engaging."??--?? Kirkus Reviews , starred review "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."??--??Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion , 1914-1918, "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."--Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 In 2003, 85 years after the end of World War I, Richard Rubin set out to see if he could still find and talk to someone who had actually served in the American Expeditionary Forces during that colossal conflict. Ultimately, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, from Cape Cod to Carson City, who shared with him at the last possible moment their stories of America's Great War. Nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century, they were self-reliant, humble, and stoic, never complaining, but still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win, and the complexity of the world they helped create. Though America has largely forgotten their war, you will never forget them, or their stories. A decade in the making, The Last of the Doughboys is the most sweeping look at America's First World War in a generation, a glorious reminder of the tremendously important role America played in the war to end all wars, as well as a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory. "An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate work of reporting."--Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia "I cannot remember a book about that huge and terrible war that I have enjoyed reading more in many years."--Michael Korda, The Daily Beast, "Before the Greatest Generation, there was the Forgotten Generation of World War I . . . wonderfully engaging." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "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." -- Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion , 1914-1918 In 2003, 85 years after the end of World War I, Richard Rubin set out to see if he could still find and talk to someone who had actually served in the American Expeditionary Forces during that colossal conflict. Ultimately, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, from Cape Cod to Carson City, who shared with him at the last possible moment their stories of America's Great War. Nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century, they were self-reliant, humble, and stoic, never complaining, but still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win, and the complexity of the world they helped create. Though America has largely forgotten their war, you will never forget them, or their stories. A decade in the making, The Last of the Doughboys is the most sweeping look at America's First World War in a generation, a glorious reminder of the tremendously important role America played in the war to end all wars, as well as a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory. "An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate work of reporting." -- Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia "I cannot remember a book about that huge and terrible war that I have enjoyed reading more in many years." -- Michael Korda, The Daily Beast
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