Send in the Alabamians: World War Fighters in the Rainbow Division,

Send in the Alabamians:  World War Fighters in the Rainbow Division,Send the Alabamians: World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division by Nimrod T. Frazer
ISBN: 9780817318383
Published by University of Alabama Press on May 13th 2014
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, State & Local
Pages: 344

Len's Summary: index, ISBN 978 0 8173 1838 3, 34.95 hb. The story of the 167th Infantry Regiment, Alabama National Guard. It is not only Pen & Sword that can publish regimental histories.

The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War I

The Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War IThe Great War in the Heart of Dixie: Alabama during World War I by Martin T. Olliff
ISBN: 9780817354923
Published by University of Alabama Press on October 12th 2008
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, United States, State & Local
Pages: 275

Len's Summary: How Alabama responded to and was changed by the war.

One Night at a Bad Inn

One Night at a Bad InnOne Night In A Bad Inn by Christy Leskovar
ISBN: 1575101238
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company on December 31st 2006
Genres: History, United States, State & Local
Pages: 594

Len's Summary: A true tale of war (the 91st “Wild West Division”), murder and mayhem set largely in the mining town of Butte, Montana in the 19 teens and 20s. Order from phpc@montana.com and look for a review in a future issue of Camaraderie.

Fort Lawton (Images of America)

Fort Lawton (Images of America)Fort Lawton (Images of America) by Jack W. Jaunal
ISBN: 9780738558110
Published by Arcadia Publishing on June 30th 2008
Genres: History, United States, State & Local, Military, Pictorial
Pages: 128

Len's Summary: The story of Fort Lawton, an Army infantry post outside Seattle during WWI.

Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights MovementNever Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes
ISBN: 9780802715753
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on June 24th 2008
Genres: History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, South, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies
Pages: 293

Len's Summary: History of the bloody 1917 East St. Louis, Illinois, riots against Black citizens, one of a series sparked in part by the migration of large numbers of unskilled African-American workers north in search of war work, which was not always available. East St. Louis continues to be haunted by the enormity of these events.

To the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I

To the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War ITo the Line of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I by José A. Ramírez
ISBN: 9781603441360
Published by Texas A&M University Press on October 5th 2009
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 191

Len's Summary: An examination of mixed Mexican reactions to the war and veterans efforts to overcome discrimination in the post war era.

Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917

Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of the Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917 by Jeff Patrick
ISBN: 1603440968
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 10th 2009
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, History, Military, United States, State & Local, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic American Studies
Pages: 224

Len's Summary: This memoir offers a look at a professional soldier’s life and attitudes in the early 20th century.

Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation during World War I

Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation during World War IFood Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation during World War I by Rae Katherine Eighmey
ISBN: 9780873517188
Published by Minnesota Historical Society on February 1st 2010
Genres: Cooking, History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local
Pages: 260

Len's Summary: America had no food rationing in WWI, but led by Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, citizens banded together voluntarily to conserve with Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays and Victory Gardens.

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza EpidemicAmerican Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy K. Bristow
ISBN: 9780199811342
Published by Oxford University Press on April 30th 2012
Genres: History, United States, State & Local, General, Modern, 20th Century, South, Medical, Public Health
Pages: 280

Len's Summary: The global flu pandemic of 1918-1920 sickened mainly young adults killed some 50 million people, half a million in America alone, shaking new-found confidence in medicine and having a profound effect on society.

The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz

The World War I Diary of José de la Luz SáenzThe World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz by J. Luz Sáenz, Emilio Zamora, Ben Maya
ISBN: 1623491142
Published by Texas A&M University Press on February 18th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, World War I, United States, 20th Century, State & Local, Personal Memoirs
Pages: 528

Len's Summary: Translation of a Texas soldier’s experiences in France and Germany first published in Spanish in 1933.

Never Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great War

Never Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great WarNever Call Retreat: Theodore Roosevelt and the Great War by J. Lee Thompson
ISBN: 9781137306531
Published by Palgrave Macmillan on January 15th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, Military, World War I, History, United States, State & Local, General, 20th Century, Modern, South
Pages: 376

Len's Summary: US domestic politics and the Great War; The Old Bull Moose takes on a circumspect Woodrow Wilson and demands intervention on the side of The Entente.

Josephus Daniels: His Life and Times

Josephus Daniels: His Life and TimesJosephus Daniels: His Life and Times by Lee Allan Craig
ISBN: 9781469606958
Published by UNC Press Books on May 1st 2013
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Political, History, United States, 20th Century, State & Local
Pages: 474

Len's Summary: This influential southern progressive (except in racial affairs), newspaper publisher and Democratic party politician is best remembered as being Woodrow Wilson’s war-time Secretary of the Navy and the man who banished demon rum from Navy wardrooms.

They Called Them Soldier Boys: A Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I

They Called Them Soldier Boys: A Texas Infantry Regiment in World War IThey Called Them Soldier Boys: A Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I by Gregory W. Ball
ISBN: 9781574415001
Published by University of North Texas Press on March 5th 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, State & Local
Pages: 240

Len's Summary: A history of the Texas National Guard’s 7th Infantry Regiment from its federalization in 1917, training, overseas action and repatriation at war’s end.