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world war, 1914-1918

T.E. Lawrence

1997

Sky warriors

classic air war battles
1994
A collection of air war accounts that portray the nature of aerial warfare and the advances that have been made during the past eight decades.

The day the falls stood still

a novel
2009
In 1915, Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath, the youngest daughter of the Niagara Power Company director, finishes board school and returns to her family home at the falls to find that much has changed for the worse, and when she meets the rough and fearless Tom Cole by chance, she is forced to make a difficult decision.

Silent night

the story of the World War I Christmas truce
2002
Tells the true story of the truce that spontaneously arose between German and British soldiers manning the trenches on Christmas Eve 1914, just weeks after the start of the Great War.

Discontented America

the United States in the 1920s
1999
An account of the social and political history of the 1920s that discusses how the decade was influenced by the First World War.

Harlem's Hell Fighters

the African-American 369th Infantry in World War I
2003
Chronicles the experiences of the men serving in the African-American 369th Infantry during World War I, discussing how they overcame segregation, poor training, and racial harassment to serve with French soldiers and play a key role in the Allies' Meuse-Argonne offensive.

The ghost road

1995
Fictionalized account of Dr. William Rivers who pioneered treatment of shell-shocked soldiers during World War I, who tries to reconcile his work with the knowledge that the men he treats will be returning to battle.

The winter ghosts

2011
Traveling through the French Pyrenees to process the horrors of World War I, Freddie meets a lovely young woman also in mourning with whom he exchanges stories that unravel a centuries-old mystery.

Company K

1989
A novel about the horrors of war told from the standpoints of more than one hundred American soldiers brought together on the front in World War I.

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