Bibliograph

Back over there, one American time-traveler, 100 years since the Great War, 500 miles of battle-scarred French countryside, and too many trenches, shells, legends and ghosts to count, Richard Rubin

Type

Label

Back over there, one American time-traveler, 100 years since the Great War, 500 miles of battle-scarred French countryside, and too many trenches, shells, legends and ghosts to count, Richard Rubin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-282) and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Back over there

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Richard Rubin

Sub title

one American time-traveler, 100 years since the Great War, 500 miles of battle-scarred French countryside, and too many trenches, shells, legends and ghosts to count

Summary

The author of The Last of the Doughboys goes back to French battlegrounds of World War I to understand why memories of that war are so present in the minds and hearts of modern-day French people

Table Of Contents

Follow me -- Like traveling back in time -- The soul of the battlefield -- Chemin des Américains -- From the bowels of the earth -- What if -- The burnt woods and the ball-shaped tree -- Red giant -- The devil's basket -- History and memory

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