The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War (P.S.)

InTheLongWayHome,award-winningwriterDavidLaskintracesthelivesofadozenmenwholefttheirchildhoodhomesinEurope,journeyedthroughEllisIsland,andstartedoverinastrangeland?onlytocrosstheAtlanticagaininuniformwhentheiradoptedcountryenteredtheGreatWar.ThoughtheyhadknownlittleofAmericaoutsideoftight-knitghettosandbackbreakinglabor,theseforeign-bornconscriptswererapidlytransformedintosoldiers,Americansoldiers,intheordealofwar.TwoofthemeninthisbookwontheMedalofHonor.Threediedincombat.Thosewhosurvivedwereprofoundlyaltered?andtheirheroicservicereshapedtheirfamiliesandultimatelythenationitself.Epic,inspiring,andmasterfullywritten,thisbookisanunforgettabletruestoryoftheGreatWar,theworlditremade,andthehumble,loyalmenwhobecameAmericansbyfightingforAmerica.