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Private Heller and the Bantam Boys : An American Medic in World War I by Gregory Archer (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGlobe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101493017365
ISBN-139781493017362
eBay Product ID (ePID)211195875
Product Key Features
Book TitlePrivate Heller and the Bantam Boys : an American Medic in World War I
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War I, Military / United States, Military
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorGregory Archer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-021766
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsFrom the comic to the horrific, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys will touch readers of all ages!, "An intriguing - and highly accurate - story about one the most important members of any combat team - the medic. For the injured, there is none more vital to survival. I recommend Private Heller to anyone with any interest in military operations."--R. T. Browning, Brigadier General, USAF (Retired)
Dewey Decimal940.4/7573092 B
Table Of ContentTABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue: The Guns of June--00 Chapter 1: Count Me In!--00 Chapter 2: Move out, Lobsters!--00 Chapter 3: Those Devious Huns--00 Chapter 4: Where's the Stupid War?--00 Chapter 5: Where the Hell are We?--00 Chapter 6: Pray Like You Mean it--00 Chapter 7: Holy Shit!--00 Chapter 8: The Breast of Paris--00 Chapter 9: For One Night the Killing Stopped--00 Chapter 10: Screwed, Blued and Tattooed--00 Chapter 11: Springtime Slaughter--00 Chapter 12: A Time to Die--00 Chapter 13: I'm Not Going to Make It--00 Chapter 14: All Dead on the Western Front--00 Chapter 15: From Hell and Back--00 War Statistics/ Quote from On Killing-00 Poem/Providence-00 The Author--00 Appendix (Names of the Battle Creek Boys)-00 Acknowledgments--00 Ambulance Corps Service World War I Memorial, Allentown, PA--00
SynopsisIn time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys--based on Heller's long-hidden diary--tells the tale of a group of privileged yet na ve Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, and they enlist as medics and ambulance drivers (think Hemingway and dos Passos) to make sure they can get to France before the war ends. These college boys go about their training filled with idealism and bravado and, despite constant marching and drilling, absolutely no preparation for what they're about to face. When their transport ship comes under U-boat attack off the Welsh coast, the idea that they could get killed before they reach the front begins to sink in. Once in France, and with a seemingly unlimited supply of red wine (water is for crops and animals), and hormone-fueled high spirits, the Bantam Boys are ready for anything that comes their way. Or so they think. Devastation touches all, as they enter a hell of mud, rats, poison gas, flying lead, and rotting corpses where they're just as likely in the confusion of No Man's Land to end up heading toward the Germans rather than away from them. From the comic to the horrific, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys will touch readers of all ages., In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys-based on Heller's long-hidden diary-tells the tale of a group of privileged yet naive Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, ......, In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys-based on Heller's long-hidden diary-tells the tale of a group of privileged yet naive Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, and they enlist as medics and ambulance drivers (think Hemingway and dos Passos) to make sure they can get to France before the war ends. These college boys go about their training filled with idealism and bravado and, despite constant marching and drilling, absolutely no preparation for what they're about to face. When their transport ship comes under U-boat attack off the Welsh coast, the idea that they could get killed before they reach the front begins to sink in. Once in France, and with a seemingly unlimited supply of red wine (water is for crops and animals), and hormone-fueled high spirits, the Bantam Boys are ready for anything that comes their way. Or so they think. Devastation touches all, as they enter a hell of mud, rats, poison gas, flying lead, and rotting corpses where they're just as likely in the confusion of No Man's Land to end up heading toward the Germans rather than away from them. From the comic to the horrific, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys will touch readers of all ages.
LC Classification NumberD629.F8A88 2015
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- May 11, 2021
A Truly Unique Book
This book is truly a unique experience. While most historic books tend to be staid compilations of facts about the period, author Greg Archer takes us much deeper. His commitment to accurately and honestly portray and share the feelings of his Grandparents during WWI, transports readers back a hundred years to experience them for themselves. The book is about real people with whom almost all of us can identify. Along with the reading of these personal accounts comes a sinking awareness that they are mirrored in today's conflicts and current events. Almost a century has passed since the events described in this book ocured, but they all relate to the battlefields today. It's a sad testimony to how little "conflict resolution" has advanced. As I finished the book, I thought about how many "Carey the Clowns" we have lost in Iraq and Afghanastan.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 01, 2019
Provides insight , however painful, do read it.john
worth your time to understand the sacrifice of others from the great war.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
