Rendezvous with Death
Synopsis
They volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.
Before America joined World War I, a small group of Americans volunteered for the French Foreign Legion to help defeat the Central Powers. Historian David Hanna profiles seven of these volunteers: a poet, an artist, a boxer, a stunt pilot, a college student, a veteran of the Spanish American War, and an advertising executive. All seven men were united in courage; and some, like poet Alan Seeger, paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Before he was killed in battle, Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title:
I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.
- Hakimiliki:
- 2016 David Hanna
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781621575443
- Publisher:
- Regnery History
- Date of Addition:
- 2018-05-31T00:52:39Z
- Lugha:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.