The long way home
Subtitle: an American journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
By: David Laskin
Edition: 1st HarperLuxe ed.
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [text (large print)] :
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9780061946202
Subjects: World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746; World War, 1914-1918; Immigrants; United States; Large type books; Soldiers; United States. Army; Biography
Description: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-587).
Table of contents: title: Twelve who served; title: Old countries; title: Journeys; title: Streets of gold; title: The weak, the broken, and the mentally crippled; title: The world at war; title: The army of forty-three languages; title: I go where you send me; title: July 4, 1918; title: These fought in any case; title: The Jews and the Wops and the dirty Irish cops; title: The arc of fire; title: Breaking the line; title: Blanc Mont; title: Why should I shoot them?