Pour Your Heart Into It：How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time

FromtheauthorofTheChildren'sBlizzardcomesanepicstoryofthesacrificeandserviceofanimmigrantgeneration.WhentheUnitedStatesenteredWorldWarIin1917,one-thirdofthenation'spopulationhadbeenbornoverseasorhadaparentwhowasanimmigrant.AtthepeakofU.S.involvementinthewar,nearlyoneinfiveAmericansoldierswasforeign-born.Manyoftheseimmigrantsoldiers—mostofwhomhadbeendrafted—knewlittleofAmericaoutsideoftight-knitghettosandbackbreakinglabor.YetWorldWarIwouldchangetheirlivesandultimatelyreshapethenationitself.Italians,Jews,Poles,Norwegians,Slovaks,Russians,andIrishmenenteredthearmyasaliensandreturnedasAmericans,oftenasheroes.InTheLongWayHome,award-winningwriterDavidLaskintracesthelivesofadozenmen,elevenofwhomlefttheirchildhoodhomesinEurope,journeyedthroughEllisIsland,andstartedoverinastrangeland.Afterdetailingthedailyrealitiesofimmigrantlifeinthefactories,farms,mines,andcitiesofarapidlygrowingnation,Laskintellstheheartbreakingstoriesofhowthesemen—bothconscriptsandvolunteers—joinedthearmy,weresweptintotheordealofbootcamp,andenduredthemonthofhellthatendedthewarattheArgonne,wheretheytrulybecameAmericans.Thosewhosurvivedwereprofoundlyaltered—andtheirexperienceswouldshapethelivesoftheirfamiliesaswell.Epic,inspiring,andmasterfullywritten,TheLongWayHomeistheunforgettabletruestoryoftheGreatWar,theworlditremade,andthemenwhofoughtforacountrynotoftheirbirth,butwhichheldthehopeandopportunityofabetterwayoflife.