The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War

A combat narrative of suffering and heroism and a rare eye-level account of World War I—"One of the best. Nelson is an excellent stylist . . .he knows how to tell a story with a capital 'S.'" —Star Tribune

"[Never before] has an American nonfiction writer reached into history and produced a testament of young men in terrible battle with the stateliness, the mastery of cadence, the truthfulness, and the muted heartbreak of James Carl Nelson in The Remains of Company D." —Ron Powers, New York ...