David Laskin: 'The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War'
"The Long Way Home" tells the stories of 12 men who left Europe at the turn of the last century to start over in the New World. Sons of humble, struggling families, they left their ancestral homes in search of freedom and opportunity, and ended up in the trenches of France and Belgium fighting with the armed forces of a country not yet their own. David Laskin is the author of "The Children's Blizzard," winner of the 2005 Washington State Book Award and the Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Nonfiction. He has written books and articles on a wide range of subjects including history, weather, travel, gardens and the natural world.