Elmer Kelton's memoir is a funny and poignant story of "a freckle-faced country boy, green as a gourd, a sheep ready to be sheared," growing up in the wild, dry, sandhills of West Texas. 

An unforgettable human drama deep with contemporary resonance, The Polar Bear Expedition draws on an untapped trove of firsthand accounts to deliver a vivid, soldier's-eye view of an extraordinary lost chapter of American history—the invasion of Russia during the last days of World War I.

The memoir of a dyed-in-the-wool racist forced to change his beliefs to succeed in the progressively changing times of 20th Century America.

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Throw out everything you think you know about history. Close the approved textbooks, turn off the corporate mass media, and whatever you do, don't believe anything you hear from the government. The Rise of the Fourth Reich reveals the truth about American power.