Author: andrewcarroll

“Should be required reading for anyone interested in America’s past” (Publishers Weekly): A New York Times bestselling author conducts a tour of the US, revealing the stories behind frequently overlooked historical sites. “Captured me completely — I couldn’t put it down” (New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara).

From the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters and Behind the Lines, Andrew Carroll’s My Fellow Soldiers draws on a rich trove of both little-known and newly uncovered letters and diaries to create a marvelously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I, with General John Pershing featured prominently in the foreground. Andrew Carroll’s intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that on the eve of its entry into the war was downright primitive compared to…