Amid the Ruins: Damon Runyon (Hardcover)

Despite Damon Runyons iconic status as a fiction writer and reporter, one particular chapter of his extraordinary career has been completely overlooked. During World War I he was an accredited war correspondentwriting a series of dispatches from Europe, he followed the American Doughboys through France, into Germany, and back home. This period marked a monumental transition not only in Americas view of itself and its role in the world, but of Runyons own style and how we could come to portray America. Along with his collected dispatches, this volume also includes his wartime poetry. Biographical and literary introductions and exhaustive notes provide additional information about the people, places, and events that made up his writing. A vital bridge from his earlier regional writing to his later Broadway works, these stories of civilians thrust into military uniforms provide a rare behind-the-scenes look at World War I and the formation of Runyonesque style itself.

General

Imprint:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	Alan D Gaff • Donald H Gaff
Dimensions:	254 x 177 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7643-5785-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Promotions
LSN:	0-7643-5785-9
Barcode:	9780764357855

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