Edward G. Lengel is a military historian, battlefield tour guide, and travel enthusiast who has published award-winning books on World War I and the Revolutionary War, including To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, and Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917-1918. He has contributed articles for Military History, Military History Quarterly, American Heritage, and American History, and appears frequently on television and radio, including the History Channel, NPR, and other networks.
"Never in Finer Company does a great job telling the story of some
of America's greatest moments. The addition of this book in time
for the World War I centennial will hopefully trigger greater
interest by the American public in one of the most important epochs
in our history."--ARMY Magazine
"[An] expert recounting of a devastating incident involving
American soldiers...Lengel vividly shows how the Germans
unexpectedly pinned down and cut off the 77th in an isolated pocket
of the [Argonne] forest, trapping the soldiers for seven days
without ammunition, food, water, or medicine...A must-read for
anyone interested in WWI and the experiences of soldiers in
battle."
--Publishers Weekly
"[A] masterful account of the battle and the Lost Battalion's
heroic stand."
--American Heritage
"A powerful and timely reminder of American sacrifice and heroism a
century ago in the war to end all wars. Lengel tells a deeply human
and unforgettable story."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling
author of The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter
"An exceptionally vivid tale of men at war. Unsparing and dramatic,
Never in Finer Company illuminates the sacrifice, courage, and
leadership of American doughboys in combat, as well as the toll
wrung from them after the shooting stopped. Edward G. Lengel has
written a rich and compelling story."--Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer
Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The
Liberation Trilogy
"Edward G. Lengel body-slams us into the muddy trenches of the
Argonne Forest alongside the besieged doughboys of the Lost
Battalion to confront the very nature of courage, cowardice, and
heroism. Through the eyes of four men whose lives intersected in
those awful woods, Never in Finer Company reveals how World War I
not only changed them fundamentally but how it transformed America
as well."--John F. Ross, author of Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot
Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawning of the Age of Speed
"In this excellent account, we look at the Lost Battalion from four
viewpoints, men whose lives were forever changed because of what
they experienced."--WTBF Radio
"Lengel writes in a straightforward, entertaining style...The
average reader will get a clear glimpse into nearly forgotten World
War I history...[A] riveting account."
--Internet Review of Books
"The story of the 'Lost Battalion' is one of the great legends of
the so-called Great War, and this new volume, written by a foremost
historian of World War I, presents this tale in a new way by
stripping away the legend to expose the more intriguing tale
underneath...A tale of bravery, courage, and sacrifice, tempered
with the knowledge that these men carried their burdens of loss,
terror, and guilt far beyond the Meuse-Argonne forest."--New York
Journal of Books
"The timely account of the bloody ordeal endured by New York City's
77th Division of the U.S. Army in northern France's Argonne Forest
in October 1918."
--New York Times
"The Great War remade our world and continues to cast its shadow
more then one hundred years later. Edward G. Lengel, one of the
great chroniclers of that conflict, has revealed a hidden war
within that war and masterfully tells one of WWI's paramount
stories. By carefully building the backstory of the main characters
of the Lost Battalion, Sergeant York, and the intrepid war
correspondent who initially captured this story, Lengel's powerful
prose transports the reader back in time in a gripping, searing
narrative of the men who transcended the bounds of human endurance
and courage."--Patrick K. O'Donnell, bestselling author of The
Unknowns: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and WWI's
Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home
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