03923cam a2200373 4500 761161390 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781415950678 1415950679 8b0f9935-aa26-4c1f-afa0-e5845ee9f6da OverDrive (Reserve ID) 151100 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shaara, Jeff, 1952- To the Last Man [Libby] : A Novel of the First World War. Books on Tape, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 859MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 859MB. Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.<br /> Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other. Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible–a “Tommy” whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war.<br /> In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the aeroplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges–the flying ace. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight.<br /> As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. Yet the Americans are woefully unprepared and ill equipped to enter a war that has become worldwide in scope. The responsibility is placed on the shoulders of General John “Blackjack” Pershing, and by mid-1917 the first wave of the American Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.<br /> From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, <i>To the Last Man</i> is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara’s work. This spellbinding new novel carries readers–the way only Shaara can–to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history, and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Michael, Paul. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/151100-ToTheLastMan.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/151100-ToTheLastMan.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8B0F9935-AA26-4C1F-AFA0-E5845EE9F6DA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/151100-ToTheLastMan.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/151100-ToTheLastMan.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8B0F9935-AA26-4C1F-AFA0-E5845EE9F6DA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) RV8