{"product_id":"9781621575443","title":"Rendezvous with Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight for France and for Civilization","description":"\u003cb\u003eThey volunteered for the French, but they were fighting for the future of civilization.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Regnery History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134508024048,"sku":"9781621575443","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621575443_p0.jpg?v=1763856730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621575443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}