The last of the doughboys the forgotten generation and their forgotten World War
(2013)
By:
Rubin, Richard
Nonfiction
Audiobook CD
Call Numbers:
CD/940.41273/RUBIN,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., pc2013
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
17 audio discs (approximately 20 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781482923575 (library ed.) ZE7786, 1482923572 (library ed.) Z7786, 9781482923582, 1482923580
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Compact discs
Ten years ago, Richard Rubin set out to interview the last of the doughboys, several dozen, aged 101 to 113. They shared with him, at the last possible moment (they are all gone now), the story of America's Great War and of the generation that raised the 'greatest generation'. They were nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century: self-reliant, humble, and stoic; never complaining, still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win
Duration: ca. 20:00:00
"Tracks Every 3 Minutes."
Unabridged
Read by Grover Gardner