War on the Porch: A Doughboy's Interview (Twentieth Century War Stories) Shop Local Throughout the World War I

Throughout the World War I era

By Elizabeth Camden

author of Island in the East and The Officer and the Spy

Sebastian Barry vividly renders Willie’s personal struggle as well as the overwhelming consequences of war

War on the Porch: A Doughboy's Interview (Twentieth Century War Stories) Shop Local Throughout the World War IDescription By Travis Davis Paperback In 1968, a local reporter was writing a story for one of Arkansass newspapers about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the end of World War I. The reporter, Gordon Grover, set out to interview local veterans, including Patrick King, a veteran who had been blinded during the war by an artillery attack. Initially, Patrick hesitated to speak with the reporter and participate in the interview until he learned that