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Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization

David Hanna
4.9/5 (31881 ratings)
Description:They volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.Before America joined World War I, a small group of Americans volunteered for the French Foreign Legion to help defeat the Central Powers. Historian David Hanna profiles seven of these volunteers: a poet, an artist, a boxer, a stunt pilot, a college student, a veteran of the Spanish American War, and an advertising executive. All seven men were united in courage; and some, like poet Alan Seeger, paid the ultimate sacrifice. Before he was killed in battle, Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title:I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization. To get started finding Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
332
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Regnery History
Release
2016
ISBN
1621573966

Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization

David Hanna
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: They volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.Before America joined World War I, a small group of Americans volunteered for the French Foreign Legion to help defeat the Central Powers. Historian David Hanna profiles seven of these volunteers: a poet, an artist, a boxer, a stunt pilot, a college student, a veteran of the Spanish American War, and an advertising executive. All seven men were united in courage; and some, like poet Alan Seeger, paid the ultimate sacrifice. Before he was killed in battle, Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title:I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization. To get started finding Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight For France and For Civilization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
332
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Regnery History
Release
2016
ISBN
1621573966

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