Gentlemen Volunteers
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Arlen J. Hansen
They left Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, and Stanford to risk their lives and drive ambulances on the French front.
On the brutal killing fields of World War I they learned that war was no place for gentlemen.
The tale of the American volunteer ambulance drivers of the First World War is a coming-of-age story. Until now, this stirring example of wartime courage has been recounted only in fragments.
Gentlemen Volunteers brings to life the entire story of the men, and women, who formed the first ambulance corps, and who went on to redefine American culture. Some became legends - Ernest Hemingway, E. E. Cummings, Malcolm Cowley, and Walt Disney, but all were part of a generation seeking something greater and grander than what they could find at home.
Here is a spellbinding account of a remarkable time; the legacy of the ambulance drivers of World War I endures to this day, reminding us that the indomitable spirit of American courage has known no boundaries.
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About the Authors: Arlen J. Hansen was professor of English at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he lived with his wife, Lynn, until his death in 1993. He is also the author of Expatriate Paris.
George Plimpton was an American journalist, actor, editor, and writer. Well-known for co-founding the Paris Review and for his sports writing, Plimpton died in 2003.
