{"product_id":"the-ambulance-drivers-hemingway-dos-passos-and-a-friendship-made-and-lost-in-war-hardcover","title":"The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, DOS Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames McGrath Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense twenty-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a \"lost generation\" shaken by war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about war and life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Their friendship and collaboration developed through the peace of the 1920s and 1930s, as Hemingway's novels soared to success while Dos Passos penned the greatest antiwar novel of his generation, \u003ci\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e. In war, Hemingway found adventure, women, and a cause. Dos Passos saw only oppression and futility. Their different visions eventually turned their private friendship into a bitter public fight, fueled by money, jealousy, and lust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rich in evocative detail -- from Paris cafes to the Austrian Alps, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West -- \u003ci\u003eThe Ambulance Drivers\u003c\/i\u003e is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers, and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys, unites and divides.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames McGrath Morris\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eEye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, The First Lady of the Black Press\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Benjamin Hooks National Book Prize, and the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003ePulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power\u003c\/i\u003e. He has appeared on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, PBS's \u003ci\u003eNews Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, and C-Span's \u003ci\u003eBook TV\u003c\/i\u003e. A former journalist, he was the founding editor of the monthly \u003ci\u003eBiographer's Craft\u003c\/i\u003e and has served as both the executive director and president of Biographers International Organization (BIO). Morris lives in Tesuque, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45311376359526,"sku":"9780306823831","price":37.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ODl1ZXZXRjRtYVZLQjdtUVYwQWVRQT09.webp?v=1774277435","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-ambulance-drivers-hemingway-dos-passos-and-a-friendship-made-and-lost-in-war-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}