Richard Rubin

Back Over There (eBook, ePUB)

One American Time-Traveler, 100 Years Since the Great War, 500 Miles of Battle-Scarred French Countryside, and Too Many Trenches, Shells, Legends and Ghosts to Count

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A timely and fascinating journey through a place where the past and present of World War I are never really separated.

In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers to a forgotten generation of Americans: the men and women who fought and won the First World War. Interviewing the war's last survivors face-to-face, he knew well the importance of being present if you want to get the real story. But he soon came to realize that to get the whole story, he had to go Over There, too.

Years later, with the centennial of the war only magnifying this paradox, Rubin decided to go back Over There to see if he could, at last, resolve it. For months he followed the trail of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front, finding trenches, tunnels, bunkers, century-old graffiti and ubiquitous artifacts. But he also found an abiding fondness for America and Americans, and a colorful corps of local after-hours historians and archeologists who tirelessly explore these sites and preserve the memories they embody while patiently waiting for Americans to return and reclaim their own history and heritage.

Based on Richard Rubin's wildly popular New York Times series, Back Over There is a captivating travelogue that delves into the living history of World War I in France. This engaging work of travel writing and military history offers a unique perspective on the enduring impact of the Great War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250084330
• Artikelnr.: 46738076