{"product_id":"in-the-fields-and-the-kerrie-logan-hollihan-9781613731307","title":"In the Fields and the Trenches: The Famous and the Forgotten on the Battlefields of World War I","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2017\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eIn the Fields and the Trenches \u003c\/i\u003etraces the stories of eighteen 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. R. Tolkien was a signals officer with the British Expeditionary Force and fought at the Battle of the Somme. Scientist Ir ne Curie helped her mother, Marie, run twenty X-ray units for French field hospitals. Actor Buster Keaton left Hollywood after being drafted into the army's 40th Infantry Division. And all four of Theodore Roosevelt's sons--Kermit, Archibald, Quentin, and Theodore III--and his daughter Ethel served in Europe, though one did not return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Fields and the Trenches \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the lives of heroes, cowards, comics, and villains--some famous, some not--who participated in this life-changing event. Extensive original material, from letters sent from the front to personal journals, brings these men and women back to life. And though their stories are a century old, they convey modern, universal themes of love, death, power, greed, courage, hate, fear, family, friendship, and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerrie Logan Hollihan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613731302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613731307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016 pg. 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016 pg. 210 - Recommended, Satisfactory","brand":"Kerrie Logan Hollihan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939178709247,"sku":"9781613731307","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_97392e8f-faf9-48cc-a4d4-6c0dadb947ad.jpg?v=1681439963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-fields-and-the-kerrie-logan-hollihan-9781613731307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}