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“a horrifyingly vivid account of an American artillery battalion’s advance through northern Italy in World War II” Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr., The New York TimesGil Freeman was a normal, young, American man before the events of Pearl Harbor.His life was forever changed when the United States was thrust into the most bloody conflict of the twentieth century.Posted with the American Fifth Army to fight against the forces of Fascist Europe in Italy he quickly grows disillusioned with the realities of modern warfare.When he and his fellow soldiers land in Italy they view the inhabitants of this land as little more than enemies, but in time they “began to speak of the villagers not as guineas or wops but as these people.”He entered the war with hope of experiencing brotherhood and excitement, but instead it loss, tragedy and heartbreak that are the emotions that fill Freeman as he moves through Italy.Will Freeman overcome these feelings?Or will the toll of the war prove too much for the young man?And how will he ever be able to return to normality after everything that he has seen?Mitchell Goodman’s novel The End of It is an arresting depiction of one man’s battle through the course of the Second World War.The End of It received widespread praise including from prominent literary figures, such as William Carlos Williams and Norman Mailer.“Goodman's style is powerful, sensitive, and incisive. This is an exciting and provocative addition to contemporary, avant garde American literature” Kirkus Reviews“an effective and poetic antiwar treatise” Professor Sandy CohenMitchell Goodman was an American writer, teacher, and activist. He was at college when the U.S.A. entered the Second World War. He was trained as a Second Lieutenant forward observer in an artillery battalion, but was not deployed overseas. He traveled to Europe following the war and used many of these experiences to shape his novel. The End of It was first published in 1961. Later in his life he became famous for his role in the Vietnam draft resistance movement, which drew the high-profile 1968 federal prosecution of the "Boston Five." He passed away in 1997.

“a horrifyingly vivid account of an American artillery battalion’s advance through northern Italy in World War II” Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr., The New York TimesGil Freeman was a normal, young, American man before the events of Pearl Harbor.His life was forever changed when the United States was thrust into the most bloody conflict of the twentieth century.Posted with the American Fifth Army to fight against the forces of Fascist Europe in Italy he quickly grows disillusioned with the realities of modern warfare.When he and his fellow soldiers land in Italy they view the inhabitants of this land as little more than enemies, but in time they “began to speak of the villagers not as guineas or wops but as these people.”He entered the war with hope of experiencing brotherhood and excitement, but instead it loss, tragedy and heartbreak that are the emotions that fill Freeman as he moves through Italy.Will Freeman overcome these feelings?Or will the toll of the war prove too much for the young man?And how will he ever be able to return to normality after everything that he has seen?Mitchell Goodman’s novel The End of It is an arresting depiction of one man’s battle through the course of the Second World War.The End of It received widespread praise including from prominent literary figures, such as William Carlos Williams and Norman Mailer.“Goodman's style is powerful, sensitive, and incisive. This is an exciting and provocative addition to contemporary, avant garde American literature” Kirkus Reviews“an effective and poetic antiwar treatise” Professor Sandy CohenMitchell Goodman was an American writer, teacher, and activist. He was at college when the U.S.A. entered the Second World War. He was trained as a Second Lieutenant forward observer in an artillery battalion, but was not deployed overseas. He traveled to Europe following the war and used many of these experiences to shape his novel. The End of It was first published in 1961. Later in his life he became famous for his role in the Vietnam draft resistance movement, which drew the high-profile 1968 federal prosecution of the "Boston Five." He passed away in 1997.

Excerpt from The End of It: A NovelOn this night in February the troopship worked through the wilderness of sea alone. Worked hard, heaving and rolling. Inside they waited, silent, hanging on, in fear. God what a sea. Where was the land? Had the world all turned to water?A big fast liner with no escort, no convoy, hurry ing with no lights into darkness. To them inside it was as if the sea had tilted high up to touch the sky, as if the world would turn over. A sea? - it was more like a flood. The Flood. Alone now, no one else on the earth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.