The Last of the Doughboys : The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War (Hardcover)

from DetailMuse

This wonderful book is comprised of (perhaps a dozen?) short biographies drawn from the author's interviews with the last living (now all deceased) American veterans of WWI, aged 101 to 113. The bios are interspersed with some light history of the war to give context -- which, while helpful, also...

from douboy50

Great book! When I found out this book had been released, I immediately found a local library that had a copy 'on shelf'. I was not disappointed. Well written, a bit melancoly due to the subject matter of finding the last living doughboys (who are now all gone) and interviewing them. However, the...

from Schmerguls

5071. The Last of the Doughboys The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War, by Richard Rubin (read 5 Oct 2013) This is a thoroughly exceptional book. The author set out to interview, beginning about 2002, surviving American veterans of World War One. He has done an exceptionally good ...

from Roger_Pepper

This book attracted my attention because I had an uncle who had the misfortune to be gassed three times in France during WWI, sewn into a sack the last time and given up for dead. And knowing him in the 1940s helped to inspire me to write a book about the Italian Front of the Great War, When Ice ...

from sleahey

This account of World War I is especially fascinating because of the live interviews the author conducted with the last living veterans, who were aged 101-113. His respect for them is clear, and his sense of humor comes across through his conversational style. The number of anecdotes makes for li...