Description They volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.
Before America joined World War I, a small group of Americans volunteered for the French Foreign Legion to help defeat the Central Powers.
Historian David Hanna profiles seven of these volunteers: a poet, an artist, a boxer, a stunt pilot, a college student, a veteran of the Spanish American War, and an advertising executive.
All seven men were united in courage; and some, like poet Alan Seeger, paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Before he was killed in battle, Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title: I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.
About the Author David Hanna teaches history at Stuyvesant High School in New York.
He lives with his family in Morris County, New Jersey.
| Volunteers | A poet an artist a boxer a stunt pilot a college student a veteran of the |
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| Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title | Ive a rendezvous with |
Regnery History Rendezvous with death: the americans who joined the foreign legion in 1914 to fight for france and for civilization, paperback/david hanna
