In the Fields and the Trenches: The Famous and the Forgotten on the Battlefields of World War I

by Kerrie Logan Hollihan

Book Overview

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017

When it started, many thought the Great War would be a great adventure. Yet, as those who saw it up close learned, it was anything but. In the Fields and the Trenches traces the stories of eighteen young idealists swept into the brutal conflict, many of whom would go on to become well-known 20th-century figures in film, science, politics, literature, and business. Writer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613731302
• ISBN13: 9781613731307
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12