| Description |
1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Watching and waiting: Tennessee on the eve of the Great War / Carole Stanford Bucy -- Stealthy not stubborn: American mules and the Great War / Emmett Essin III -- Kiffin Yates Rockwell: Tennessee's first hero of the Great War / Marc McClure -- "Patriot, preacher, soldier, teacher": the war work of Graeme McGregor Smith / Laura E. Clemons -- Camp SEVERE: the 30th Division in training / Michael E. Birdwell -- Powder City: Old Hickory Village, Davidson County, Tennessee / Tara Mitchell Mielnik -- War mobilization and rural dissent in Tennessee, 1917-1918 / Jeanette Keith -- The struggle for democracy and respect: Tennessee African Americans and the Great War / Troy D. Smith -- Tennessee's sea soldiers: the Volunteer State and the U.S. Marine Corps during the Great War / Darrin Haas -- Old Hickory and the Hindenburg Line: the 30th Division in combat / Michael E. Birdwell -- Prisoner of war No. 82078: John William Columbus Gibson, Company M, 325th Infantry Regiment, 164th Infantry Brigade, 82nd "All American" Division / Michael E. Birdwell -- "Amazingly indiscreet": the plot to capture Kaiser Wilhelm II / Jack H. McCall Jr. -- Institutionalizing science in the Volunteer State: the early years of the Tennessee Academy of Science / George E. Webb / -- A battle in itself: Tennessee's War Memorial Building / Claudette Stager |
| Summary |
"This book includes fourteen essays on Tennessee's experience during World War I. The essays introduce a range of entry points to the conflict from typical soldier stories - including Birdwell's own essay on Alvin York - to politics, agribusiness, African Americans, and present-day recollections"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 04, 2024) |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Tennessee
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Tennessee -- Biography
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HISTORY / General
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| SUBJECT |
Tennessee -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Tennessee.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Essays.
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History.
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Essays.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Birdwell, Michael E., 1957- editor.
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| LC no. |
2023037509 |
| ISBN |
9781621905325 |
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1621908925 |
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9781621908920 |
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1621905322 |
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