Author: Nelson, James Carl,
Title: The Remains of Company D - A Story of the Great War.
Description: NY, St. Martin' s Press, (2009). 1st ed 1prnt. Fine HB in Fine DJ. Haunted by an ancestor's tale of near death on a distant battlefield, James Carl Nelson set out in pursuit of the scraps. of memory of his grandfather's smsall infantry unit. Years of travel across the world led to the retrieval of unpublished personal papers, obscure memoirs and communications from numerous doughboys as well as original interviews ot the descendants of his grandfather's comrades in arms. The result is a compelling tale of battle rooted in new primary sources, and one man's search for his grandfather's legacy in a horrifying maelstrom that is today poorly understood and nearly forgotten.

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