{"product_id":"they-called-them-soldier-boys-gregory-w-ball-9781574415001","title":"They Called Them Soldier Boys: A Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I","description":"Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONE\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of two Communicator Awards for Cover (overall) and Cover (design), 2013.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Called Them Soldier Boys\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth study of soldiers of the Texas National Guard's Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I, through their recruitment, training, journey to France, combat, and their return home. Gregory W. Ball focuses on the fourteen counties in North, Northwest, and West Texas where officers recruited the regiment's soldiers in the summer of 1917, and how those counties compared with the rest of the state in terms of political, social, and economic attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 1917 the \"Soldier Boys\" trained at Camp Bowie, near Fort Worth, Texas, until the War Department combined the Seventh Texas with the First Oklahoma Infantry to form the 142d Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division. In early October 1918, the 142d Infantry, including more than 600 original members of the Seventh Texas, was assigned to the French Fourth Army in the Champagne region and went into combat for the first time on October 6. Ball explores the combat experiences of those Texas soldiers in detail up through the armistice of November 11, 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory W. Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157441500X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574415001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.37w x 0.92d","brand":"Gregory W. Ball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096988328191,"sku":"9781574415001","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/they-called-them-soldier-boys-gregory-w-ball-9781574415001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}