{"product_id":"history-and-rhymes-of-the-lost-battalion","title":"History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\"\u003eThis specific copy is the 1923 printing (indicated by the copyright dates and the \"Four Hundredth Thousand\" statement). It was originally self-published starting in 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/b\u003e The book is a heartfelt, deeply personal memoir written in a mix of prose, poetry, and soldier's rhymes. It chronicles the harrowing experience of the \"Lost Battalion\"—nine companies of the U.S. Army's 77th Division who were completely cut off and surrounded by German forces in the Argonne Forest for nearly a week in October 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e It contains a printed facsimile tribute by Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, the legendary and highly decorated commander of the battalion. The pages are beautifully framed with illustrative margins and sketches by Franklin Sly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe Unique Local Bookplate\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\"\u003eIt is from \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"11\"\u003eNewark Post No. 1060\u003c\/b\u003e located right here in \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"54\"\u003eNewark, Ohio\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\"\u003eIt notes that the memoir was presented to a \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"44\"\u003eMrs. F. S. Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e \"in Appreciation of Your Assistance and Co-Operation,\" signed by Commander Paul W. Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\"\u003eThis localized provenance turns a mass-printed historical souvenir into an intimate piece of Newark's community and veteran history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47880154382499,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260714_105154.jpg?v=1784050883","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/history-and-rhymes-of-the-lost-battalion","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}