"Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for
anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War
I veterans--who have all since died--bring to vivid life a
cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously
forgotten here."--Adam Hochschild, author of "To End All Wars: A
Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
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In 2003, 85 years after the end of World War I, Richard Rubin set
out to see if he could still find and talk to someone who had
actually served in the American Expeditionary Forces during that
colossal conflict. Ultimately, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113,
from Cape Cod to Carson City, who shared with him at the last
possible moment their stories of America's Great War.
Nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first
century, they were self-reliant, humble, and stoic, never
complaining, but still marveling at the immensity of the war they
helped win, and the complexity of the world they helped create.
Though America has largely forgotten their war, you will never
forget them, or their stories. A decade in the making, "The Last of
the Doughboys" is the most sweeping look at America's First World
War in a generation, a glorious reminder of the tremendously
important role America played in the war to end all wars, as well
as a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory.
"An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last
surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them
with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate
work of reporting."--Ian Frazier, author of "Travels in Siberia"
"I cannot remember a book about that huge and terrible war that I
have enjoyed reading more in many years."--Michael Korda, "The
Daily Beast"
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