{"product_id":"9781621573968","title":"Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight for France and for Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore America joined World War I, a small group of Americans volunteered for the French Foreign Legion to help defeat the Central Powers. Historian David Hanna profiles seven of these volunteers: a poet, an artist, a boxer, a stunt pilot, a college student, a veteran of the Spanish American War, and an advertising executive. All seven men were united in courage; and some, like poet Alan Seeger, paid the ultimate sacrifice. Before he was killed in battle, Seeger penned the immortal words that inspired this book's title:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI've a rendezvous with Death \u003cbr\u003eAt midnight in some flaming town, \u003cbr\u003eWhen Spring trips north again this year, \u003cbr\u003eAnd I to my pledged word am true, \u003cbr\u003eI shall not fail that rendezvous.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regnery Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729298338032,"sku":"9781621573968","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621573968_p0.jpg?v=1768852471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621573968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}