Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Americans who joined the First World War in 1914

"Author Nils Elmark tackles the life and times of several notable Americans – primarily aviator Eugene Bullard, poet Alan Seeger and North African adventurer David Wooster King – against their impact on the war and their personal exploits while never losing sight of the overall context in which these events occurred. It is well written, easy to read and woven together as a single fabric." — Indy Squadron Dispatch On 24 August 1914, forty-four Americans joined the Foreign Legion and "with a ...