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The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
By (author) David Laskin
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""Moving, revealing, and lovingly researched, this book is a must read, and a great read, for any of us whose forebears came from overseas--meaning just about all of us."" -- Erik Larson The author of the award-winning The Children's Blizzard, David Laskin, returns with a remarkable true story of the immigrants who risked their lives fighting for America during the Great War. In The Long Way Home, award-winning writer David Laskin traces the lives of a dozen men who left their childhood homes in Europe, journeyed through Ellis Island, and started over in a strange land-only to cross the Atlantic again in uniform when their adopted country entered the Great War. Though they had known little of America outside of tight-knit ghettos and backbreaking labor, these foreign-born conscripts were rapidly transformed into soldiers, American soldiers, in the ordeal of war. Two of the men in this book won the Medal of Honor. Three died in combat. Those who survived were profoundly altered-and their heroic service reshaped their families and ultimately the nation itself. Epic, inspiring, and masterfully written, this book is an unforgettable true story of the Great War, the world it remade, and the humble, loyal men who became Americans by fighting for America.
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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Published date | 15 Mar 2011
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 448
Dimensions | 206 x 135 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 327g
ISBN | 978-0-0612-3334-0
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / historical
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