{"product_id":"fighting-hoosiers-indiana-in-two-world-wars-9780253056849","title":"Fighting Hoosiers: Indiana in Two World Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting Hoosiers: Indiana in Two World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e tells the compelling, heartbreaking, and breathtaking stories of some of the hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers who served their country during the First and Second World Wars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the rich holdings of the \u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e, a journal of state and midwestern history published since 1905, the collection includes original diaries, letters and memoirs, as well as research essays--all of them focused on Hoosiers in the two world wars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will meet Alex Arch, a Hungarian-born immigrant who was the first American to fire a shot in World War I; Maude Essig, a nurse serving with the American Red Cross in wartime France; Kenneth Baker, a soldier in the Army Signal Corps, who crawled across French fields (sometimes over and around dead bodies) to lay phone lines for military communications; and Bernard Rice, a combat medic who witnessed the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndiana's brave men and women like these have served with distinction in the armed forces since the earliest days of the Indiana Territory. \u003ci\u003eFighting Hoosiers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling glimpse at some of their remarkable stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13650323\"\u003eDawn Bakken\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253056849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253056845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027090\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | World War I\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027100\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | World War II | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawn Bakken is Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e, a scholarly journal of state and midwestern history. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn This Day in Indianapolis.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664722825453,"sku":"9780253056849","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c5a72ac4-2419-4644-ac14-848bff386e02.jpg?v=1649409480","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/fighting-hoosiers-indiana-in-two-world-wars-9780253056849","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}