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Read * To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War PDF by # Jeff Shaara eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, To the Last Man is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara’s work. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their c
| Title | : | To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345461363 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 636 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
Much More Than a Novel This isn’t a history book. It isn’t fiction. However, it has important elements of both of both history and fiction and that makes it both educational and engaging. The historical components are the battles fought, the armaments used, and the key characters. The fictional elements are the conversations, descriptions of emotions and thoughts, and the selection of specific story lines and exclusion of others.Whi. Author's amazing capacity for research brings the horrors of warfare to life Carolyn Meigs-Turkstra While I admit that I haven't read too many books, fiction or otherwise, about WWI, if I had only one to read, t his would be it: Shaara's "To the Last Man." His research for his books is monumental and I salute him for it as it helps to realistically portray the many page-turning scenarios. It is if one were there at the scene. I had known from various other sources, about the monstrous losses on all sides, and the horrid. Dick said Another winner from the ultimate writer of historical fiction. Jeff Shaara is the ultimate author for the lover of historical fiction. He puts flesh upon history. The thing that I love is that he does not try to cover an entire battle but focuses on individuals involved in the conflict, making the combat real. He will then pull out and look at a commander which gives you an overview of the strategy and the overall war. In To the Last Man he looks at the American involvement in WWI. T
Shaara's storytelling is occasionally mechanical—he has yet to rise to the Pulitzer Prize–winning level of his father, Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels, etc.)—but his descriptions of individual combat in the air and the mass slaughter on the ground are stark, vivid and gripping. From Publishers Weekly Moving on from the American Revolution and the Civil War, Shaara (The Glorious Cause, etc.) delivers an epic account of the American experience in WWI. And Pvt. Two aviators, American Raoul Lufbery and German Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) fly primitive aircraft in an air war that introduces new ways to die. Roscoe Temple, U.S. Marine Corps, fights with rifle and bayonet in the mud and blood of Belleau Wood and the Argonne Forest. As usual, he narrates from the perspective of actual historical figures, moving from the complexity of high-lev
Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, To the Last Man is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara’s work. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight.As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. This spellbinding new novel carries readers–the way only Shaara can–to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history, and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world.From the Hardcover edition.. Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revol
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