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The Polar Bear Expedition : the heroes of America's forgotten invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

Summary: "The extraordinary true story of America's forgotten invasion of Russia: one-thousand miles north of Moscow, five-thousand brave U.S. troops from Michigan fought the Red Army during the winter of 1918-1919 in brutal arctic conditions."--Provided by publisher.

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ISBN: 0062852787
ISBN: 9780062852786
ISBN: 0062852779
ISBN: 9780062852779
Physical Description: viii, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The march to intervention -- Over where -- To Russia. With angst -- We're here because we're here -- Archangel -- Upriver -- The romance of Company A -- The strangest fighting mission ever undertaken -- The bridge -- Onega -- Storm clouds -- Friends and comrades -- Verst 445 -- Armistice Day, part 1 -- Armistice Day, part 2 -- The Pinega -- The lonesome death of Francis Cuff -- Medicine men -- A Thanksgiving of sorts -- Better than no war at all -- K means Kodish -- The sad case of Sergeant Young -- The devil comes to Nijni Gora -- Flight -- Vistafka -- To what end -- Why did we go to Russia -- The Ballad of Bolshiozerski -- The Gulag Amerikanski -- A return to Russia.