{"product_id":"9780306825682","title":"Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Lost Battalion and the Transformation of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most heroic and incredible story in American military history—World War I's \"Lost Battalion\" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demons that lingered\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most dramatic week in American military history took place just weeks before the First World War ended. In the first week of October, 1918, six hundred men charged into the forbidding Argonne Forest. Against all odds, they surged through enemy lines—alone. They were soon surrounded and besieged. As they ran out of ammunition, water, and food, the battalion withstood constant mortar attack and relentless enemy assaults. Seven days later, only 194 soldiers from the original unit walked out of the forest. The stand of the \"Lost Battalion\" was—and remains—an unprecedented display of heroism under fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative of \u003ci\u003eNever in Finer Company\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the stories of four men: the battalion's commander, Major Charles Whittlesey, a lawyer eager to prove his mettle; his New York stockbroker executive officer, Captain George McMurtry; Sergeant Alvin York, whose famous exploits help rescue the battalion; and Damon Runyon, the soon-to-be famous newspaper man who struggled to understand the events he witnessed. From the patriotic frenzy that sent young men \"over there\" to the hurried stateside training, shipping overseas, and encounters with life at the front, each man trod a unique path to the October days that engulfed them. And their stories did not end on the battlefield—each man was haunted by the experience as America tried to come to grips with the carnage of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacter-rich, abundantly textured, sometimes tragic, sometimes uplifting, but always compelling, \u003ci\u003eNever in Finer Company\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving and dramatic story on an epic scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049423454448,"sku":"9780306825682","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780306825682_p0.jpg?v=1763671249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780306825682","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}