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

Oclc number

947146031

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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