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The Long Way Home by David Laskin

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The Long Way Home
David Laskin

An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War

HarperCollins
March 2011
On Sale: February 22, 2011
448 pages
ISBN: 006123334X
EAN: 9780061233340
Kindle: B003A7I2KU
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Non-Fiction

In The Long Way Home, award-winning writer David Laskin traces the lives of a dozen men who left their childhood homes in Europe, journeyed through Ellis Island, and started over in a strange land–only to cross the Atlantic again in uniform when their adopted country entered the Great War.

Though they had known little of America outside of tight-knit ghettos and backbreaking labor, these foreign-born conscripts were rapidly transformed into soldiers, American soldiers, in the ordeal of war. Two of the men in this book won the Medal of Honor. Three died in combat. Those who survived were profoundly altered–and their heroic service reshaped their families and ultimately the nation itself.

Epic, inspiring, and masterfully written, this book is an unforgettable true story of the Great War, the world it remade, and the humble, loyal men who became Americans by fighting for America.

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