The Long Way Home: An American Journey From Ellis Island To The Great War,New

Moving, Revealing, And Lovingly Researched, This Book Is A Must Read, And A Great Read, For Any Of Us Whose Forebears Came From Overseasmeaning Just About All Of Us. Erik Larsonthe Author Of The Awardwinning The Childrens Blizzard, David Laskin, Returns With A Remarkable True Story Of The Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives Fighting For America During The Great War.In The Long Way Home, Awardwinning Writer David Laskin Traces The Lives Of A Dozen Men Who Left Their Childhood Homes In Europe, Journeyed Through Ellis Island, And Started Over In A Strange Landonly To Cross The Atlantic Again In Uniform When Their Adopted Country Entered The Great War.Though They Had Known Little Of America Outside Of Tightknit Ghettos And Backbreaking Labor, These Foreignborn Conscripts Were Rapidly Transformed Into Soldiers, American Soldiers, In The Ordeal Of War. Two Of The Men In This Book Won The Medal Of Honor. Three Died In Combat. Those Who Survived Were Profoundly Alteredand Their Heroic Service Reshaped Their Families And Ultimately The Nation Itself.Epic, Inspiring, And Masterfully Written, This Book Is An Unforgettable True Story Of The Great War, The World It Remade, And The Humble, Loyal Men Who Became Americans By Fighting For America.