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Indlæser... Gentlemen Volunteers: The Story of the American Ambulance Drivers in the Great Waraf Arlen Hansen
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Pulled from many sources, the book tells the story of American college boys who traveled to France and ended up serving the allied cause in WWI. The book focuses on the three major players Richard Norton, Henry Herman Harjes, and A. Piatt Andrew. It relates a unique history on the rise of the ambulance service and the problems the men faced from both England and France to help. Interwoven are first hand accounts of the front, but this concentrates on the evolution of motor vehicles in a post-industrial revolution war. Thankfully, it provides plenty of references for those looking for first hand accounts that go into more detail of what the ambulanciers endured. Well organized and very readable, it is a great place to start researching a few Americans involvement, but wouldn't necessarily help those who are researching the Allies use of ambulances and their drivers, as the writer goes to considerable length to describe the unique role these men played. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
They left Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, and Stanford to drive ambulances on the French front, and on the killing fields of World War I they learned that war was no place for gentlemen. The tale of the American volunteer ambulance drivers of the First World War is one of gallantry amid gore; manners amid madness. Arlen J. Hansen's Gentlemen Volunteers brings to life the entire story of the men--and women--who formed the first ambulance corps, and who went on to redefine American culture. Some were to become legends--Ernest Hemingway, e. e. cummings, Malcolm Cowley, and Walt Disney--but all were part of a generation seeking something greater and grander than what they could find at home. The war in France beckoned them, promising glory, romance, and escape. Between 1914 and 1917 (when the United States officially entered the war), they volunteered by the thousands, abandoning college campuses and prep schools across the nation and leaving behind an America determined not to be drawn into a "European war." What the volunteers found in France was carnage on an unprecedented scale. Here is a spellbinding account of a remarkable time; the legacy of the ambulance drivers of WWI endures to this day. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IILC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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