A Time to Serve: Bertie County During World War I

In a remarkable feat, Gerald W. Thomas completes his study of Bertie County and the impact upon its people of successive wars with this volume on the northeastern North Carolina county during World War I. Its publication timed to coincide with the war's centennial, this localized study depicts a mostly rural county confronted with a challenge not of its making but one to which citizens responded with resourcefulness and patriotic fervor.

Author: Gerald W. Thomas
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 01/01/2018
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780865264908

About the Author
Thomas, Gerald W.: - Gerald W. Thomas, a native of Bertie County, is a former congressional auditor and retired federal executive. He is the author of Divided Allegiances: Bertie County during the Civil War (1996), Destitute Patriots: Bertie County in the War of 1812 (2012), and Rebels and King's Men: Bertie County in the Revolutionary War (2013).