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Highlights
- Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898-1935) joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917.
- About the Author: Introducing this Bison Books edition is Edwin Howard Simmons, a retired brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps and the author of The United States Marines: A History.
- 266 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, War & Military
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Book Synopsis
Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898-1935) joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix de Guerre and a desire to write. He joined the St. Paul News as a journalist and opened a bookstore, whose patrons included F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. Through the Wheat appeared to immediate acclaim, with F. Scott Fitzgerald calling it "a work of art" and "arresting." Boyd wrote five other works before he died in Vermont of a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-seven.From the Back Cover
Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898-1935) joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of the spring of 1917. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix de Guerre and a desire to write. He joined the St. Paul News as a journalist and opened a bookstore, whose patrons included F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. Through the Wheat appeared to immediate acclaim, with F. Scott Fitzgerald calling it "a work of art" and "arresting". Boyd wrote five other works before he died in Vermont of a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-seven.Review Quotes
"A remarkable first novel."--The Nation
About the Author
Introducing this Bison Books edition is Edwin Howard Simmons, a retired brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps and the author of The United States Marines: A History.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .69 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: War & Military
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 266
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Boyd
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2000
TCIN: 1003033565
UPC: 9780803261686
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-7648
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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