0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > American history

Buy Now

Portrait of War - The U.S. Army's First Combat Artists and the Doughboys' Experience in WWI (Hardcover) Loot Price: R791
Discovery Miles 7 910
You Save: R111 (12%)
Portrait of War - The U.S. Army's First Combat Artists and the Doughboys' Experience in WWI (Hardcover): Peter Krass

Portrait of War - The U.S. Army's First Combat Artists and the Doughboys' Experience in WWI (Hardcover)

Peter Krass

 (sign in to rate)
List price R902 Loot Price R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 | Repayment Terms: R74 pm x 12* You Save R111 (12%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

"Riveting . . . Krass weaves a fascinating story of the first official attempt by the Army to capture the essence of war through the eyes and pencils of eight top American artists who were sent to the Western Front in France. A marvelous eyewitness story of the 'Big War.'"
--Col. H. A. Chenoweth, USMCR Ret., Korean War veteran, Vietnam and Gulf War combat artist, and author of "Art of War A Searing Account of World War I as Seen by the Artist"

Eighty-five years before there were embedded journalists with American armed forces in Iraq, eight brave artist-soldiers risked their lives in the trenches and battlefields to bring the reality of World War I back home.

In "Portrait of War," Peter Krass shares the heroic adventures of these men as they witnessed, explored, and depicted the trials and triumphs of the American soldier and the tragedy of war. Written with the intensity of a novel, this compelling narrative follows the artists as they marched shoulder to shoulder with the doughboys, sketching while under fire and doing their best to stay alive. Studded with examples of their remarkable work and excerpts from the artists' journals, this thrilling account places us at the front lines as surely as our television cameras do today.

General

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2006
First published: October 2006
Authors: Peter Krass
Dimensions: 245 x 165 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-67023-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
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 > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Promotions
LSN: 0-471-67023-5
Barcode: 9780471670230

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

A Promised Land
Barack Obama Hardcover  (6)
R930 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950
The Mother Of Black Hollywood - A Memoir
Jenifer Lewis Paperback R405 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560
Hidden Figures - The Untold Story of the…
Margot Lee Shetterly Paperback  (2)
R304 Discovery Miles 3 040
Call Sign Chaos - Learning To Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West Hardcover  (1)
R621 R532 Discovery Miles 5 320
Humans Of New York
Brandon Stanton Hardcover  (3)
R868 R619 Discovery Miles 6 190
Rethinking American Grand Strategy
Elizabeth Borgwardt, Christopher McKnight Nichols, … Hardcover R2,612 Discovery Miles 26 120
Outside In - The Transnational Circuitry…
Andrew Preston, Doug Rossinow Hardcover R3,990 Discovery Miles 39 900
Moral Minorities and the Making of…
Kyle G Volk Hardcover R1,472 Discovery Miles 14 720
The Enlightenment on Trial - Ordinary…
Bianca Premo Hardcover R3,808 Discovery Miles 38 080
The Oxford Handbook of The American…
Raymond Knapp, Mitchell Morris, … Hardcover R5,751 Discovery Miles 57 510
Major Problems in the History of the…
Paul D Escott Paperback R1,521 R1,397 Discovery Miles 13 970
Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties…
Kristin Celello, Hanan Kholoussy Hardcover R3,983 Discovery Miles 39 830

See more

Partners