In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys--based on Heller's long-hidden diary--tells the tale of a group of privileged yet naïve Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, and they enlist as medics and ambulance drivers (think Hemingway and dos Passos) to make sure they can get to France before the war ends. These college boys go about their training filled with idealism and bravado and, despite constant marching and…mehr
In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys--based on Heller's long-hidden diary--tells the tale of a group of privileged yet naïve Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, and they enlist as medics and ambulance drivers (think Hemingway and dos Passos) to make sure they can get to France before the war ends. These college boys go about their training filled with idealism and bravado and, despite constant marching and drilling, absolutely no preparation for what they're about to face.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gregory Archer is the maternal grandson of Private Ralph Heller, the diarist and protagonist of the book. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and the author of various books and articles in the field of psychology. He also has a website dedicated to his grandfather¿s experiences in World War I (www.drgregoryarcher.com), including all the interesting stories and photographs that have been extrapolated from Private Heller¿s diary. He lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue: The Guns of June--00 Chapter 1: Count Me In!--00 Chapter 2: Move out, Lobsters!--00 Chapter 3: Those Devious Huns--00 Chapter 4: Where s the Stupid War?--00 Chapter 5: Where the Hell are We?--00 Chapter 6: Pray Like You Mean it--00 Chapter 7: Holy Shit!--00 Chapter 8: The Breast of Paris--00 Chapter 9: For One Night the Killing Stopped--00 Chapter 10: Screwed, Blued and Tattooed--00 Chapter 11: Springtime Slaughter--00 Chapter 12: A Time to Die--00 Chapter 13: I m Not Going to Make It--00 Chapter 14: All Dead on the Western Front--00 Chapter 15: From Hell and Back--00 War Statistics/ Quote from On Killing 00 Poem/Providence 00 The Author--00 Appendix (Names of the Battle Creek Boys) 00 Acknowledgments--00 Ambulance Corps Service World War I Memorial, Allentown, PA--00
TABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue: The Guns of June--00 Chapter 1: Count Me In!--00 Chapter 2: Move out, Lobsters!--00 Chapter 3: Those Devious Huns--00 Chapter 4: Where s the Stupid War?--00 Chapter 5: Where the Hell are We?--00 Chapter 6: Pray Like You Mean it--00 Chapter 7: Holy Shit!--00 Chapter 8: The Breast of Paris--00 Chapter 9: For One Night the Killing Stopped--00 Chapter 10: Screwed, Blued and Tattooed--00 Chapter 11: Springtime Slaughter--00 Chapter 12: A Time to Die--00 Chapter 13: I m Not Going to Make It--00 Chapter 14: All Dead on the Western Front--00 Chapter 15: From Hell and Back--00 War Statistics/ Quote from On Killing 00 Poem/Providence 00 The Author--00 Appendix (Names of the Battle Creek Boys) 00 Acknowledgments--00 Ambulance Corps Service World War I Memorial, Allentown, PA--00
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