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! Read * Through the Wheat: A Novel of the World War I Marines by Thomas Boyd í eBook or Kindle ePUB. Through the Wheat: A Novel of the World War I Marines Paul News as a journalist and opened a bookstore, whose patrons included F. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix de Guerre and a desire to write. Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898–1935) joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917. He joined the St. Scott Fitzgerald calling it "a work of art" and "arresting." Boyd wrote five other works before he died in Vermont of a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-s
| Title | : | Through the Wheat: A Novel of the World War I Marines |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803261683 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
"A remarkable first novel."—The Nation
Paul News as a journalist and opened a bookstore, whose patrons included F. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix de Guerre and a desire to write. Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898–1935) joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917. He joined the St. Scott Fitzgerald calling it "a work of art" and "arresting." Boyd wrote five other works before he died in Vermont of a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-seven.. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. Through the Wheat appeared to immediate acclaim, with F
A Marine's daily endurance of WWI Thomas S. Harrison This is an outstanding historical and literary view of the horrors of life and death for US Marines in the "Great War". The author closely models his novel on his actual experiences with the Sixth Marines in some of the heaviest fighting by American forces in Belleau Wood, Soissons and many smaller battles. You feel the oppressive numbing fear of constant shellfir. Realistic Picture of WWI Started out slow, Boyd seemed caught up in using as many adjectives as a sentence could hold. Once I got past that and was able to focus on his story it flowed easily. His accurate depiction of what it was like for the average Marine was outstanding. A very good read of USMC WWI history.. America's Best World War I Novel A Customer If asked to name a World War I novel most Americans would almost certainly say "All Quiet on the Western Front". Thanks to our rather uniform public education system, Remarque's novel has earned a place in American culture as the quintessential novel of The Great War. It deserves its reputation as a landmark of 20th century literature, but unfortunately its succes
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