The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War Paperback - 2014
by Richard Rubin
For the past decade, Richard Rubin sought every last living American veteran of World War I—and uncovered a forgotten great generation, and their war.
Summary
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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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
[AU PHOTO] RICHARD RUBIN is the author of Confederacy of Silence. In addition to the Atlantic and the New York Times Magazine, he has written for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, New York, and Parade.
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- Title The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
- Author Richard Rubin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books
- Date 2014-05-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780544290488 / 0544290488
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.93 x 5.35 x 1.41 in (20.14 x 13.59 x 3.58 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Biography
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.412
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