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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Era
1910s
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Features
Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Original Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9780802128331

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802128335
ISBN-13
9780802128331
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240021287

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unknowns
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Veterans, United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Military / United States, Military / World War I, Military
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Patrick K. O'donnell
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-002164
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.4/65755295
Synopsis
The award-winning author of Washington's Immortals offers a searing narrative that takes readers into the heart of combat in the Great War, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions of visitors each year who pay silent tribute. When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI, seleted eight of America's most decorated, battle-hardened veterans to serve as Body Bearers. For the first time O'Donnell portrays their heroics on the battlefield one hundred years ago, thereby animating the Tomb by giving voice to all who have served. The Body Bearers appropriately spanned America's service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. Their stories slip easily into the larger narrative of America's involvement in the conflict, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles during 1917-1918 that ultimately decided the Great War. Celebrated military historian and bestselling author Patrick O'Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. Brilliantly researched, vividly told, The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential event of the twentieth century, which still casts a shadow a century later.
LC Classification Number
D675.W2O46 2018

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