In the Fields and the Trenches: The Famous and the Forgotten on the Battlefields of World War I

From a Hall of Fame pitcher to a U.S. president, learn what an incredible impact World War I made on young men and women

When it started, many thought the Great War would be a great adventure. Yet as those who saw it up close learned, it was anything but. In the Fields and the Trenches traces the stories of 18 young idealists swept into the brutal conflict, many of whom would go on to become well-known 20th-century figures in film, science, politics, literature, and business. Writer J. R....