North Carolina and the Great War, 1914-1918

Autorentext

Jessica A. Bandel, Research Historian with the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, prepared a book, So Great the Devastation, and traveling exhibit to commemorate the centennial of the Flood of 1916. She is the co-author of The Old North State at War: The North Carolina Civil War Atlas.

Klappentext

.".. North Carolina. and the Great War, 1914-1918 bring[s] the World War I story to modern readers. Showcasing holdings of the North Carolina Museum of History and the State Archives of North Carolina, supplemented by artifacts from other depositories and private collectors, Bandel presents a visually compelling and comprehensive new study of the war. The heavily illustrated, full-color book includes narrative depictions of aviator Kiffin Rockwell, nurse Madelon Hancock, and army conductor James Tim Brynn, among many others. Capsule vignettes and sidebars open up the past for readers young and old."--Page 4 of cover.