In the Argonne Forest in 1918 a Tennessee mountaineer silenced a nest of German machine guns and marched one hundred and thirty-two prisoners into the American lines. Cowan tells that story, then goes back to the long hunters who settled York’s valley, the people of Pall Mall, their shooting matches and faith, and includes York’s own account.
An early portrait of America’s most famous soldier of the First World War and the Appalachian world that made him. Download the free EPUB.