{"product_id":"through-the-wheat-a-novel-of-the-great-war-paperback","title":"Through The Wheat: A Novel of the Great War - Paperback","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\u003eThomas Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 1923, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Wheat\u003c\/em\u003e is Thomas Boyd's stark and unadorned novel of American soldiers in the First World War.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon his own service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Boyd follows Private William Hicks from training camp to the trenches of France. The novel traces not heroics but attrition-physical exhaustion, disillusionment, fear, and the grinding erosion of youthful idealism. Battles are rendered without ornament; courage appears beside confusion; and survival carries no triumphal flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike romanticized war narratives, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Wheat\u003c\/em\u003e presents combat as lived experience rather than patriotic spectacle. Boyd's restrained prose and psychological realism align the novel with the emerging modernist literature of the 1920s, anticipating later works that questioned the moral rhetoric of war. Published only a few years after the Armistice, it stands as one of the earliest American fictional accounts to confront the war's human cost directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Wilder Publications edition presents the complete, unabridged 1923 text, preserving Boyd's unflinching portrayal of the American experience in the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377852223725,"sku":"9781515439851","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/DMUVnwsMTu9781515439851.webp?v=1785618654","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/through-the-wheat-a-novel-of-the-great-war-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}