Echoes of Distant Thunder: Life in the United States, 1914-1918 (Kodansha Globe)

Ellis, Edward Robb

ISBN 10: 1568361491 / ISBN 13: 9781568361499

Published by Kodansha USA Inc, 1996

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.1AAO6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Echoes of Distant Thunder: Life in the United States, 1914-1918 (Kodansha Globe)
• Publisher: Kodansha USA Inc
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568361491
• ISBN 13: 9781568361499
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

While the conflict began in 1914 with the assassination of an obscure nobleman in a faraway land, the Great War would eventually touch the lives of every American, as Edward Robb Ellis shows in this vivid history. The author draws vigorous portraits of the era's leading figures, including Woodrow Wilson, the cerebral president; Teddy Roosevelt, the saber-rattling ex-president; Henry Cabot Lodge and Robert LaFollette, bitter Senate foes, the former favoring intervention, the latter never wavering from his conviction that the war was anathema; and many others. Ellis also focuses on working people and the growing labor movement that led to vicious confrontations such as the deadly massacre at John D. Rockefeller's Ludlow mine in Colorado. Rich in human drama and telling detail, this is social history at its most compelling, written by a unique chronicler of our times.