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Chuck Knox
Chuck Knox developed a love of history, hearing from his mother stories about a Rebel great grandmother from Kentucky and a Union great grandfather from Illinois who marched with G...view moreChuck Knox developed a love of history, hearing from his mother stories about a Rebel great grandmother from Kentucky and a Union great grandfather from Illinois who marched with General Sherman.
His interest in history grew. He knew veterans from the Spanish-American War, World War I and II. He could see the stories they had to tell were slipping away each year. After his retirement from the University of Illinois he started on journey to preserve some of the history and stories of veterans.
This is the third in a series of veteran’s stories. His first work, The Battle Cry of Freedom, Civil War Veterans, was followed by Johnnie Has Gone for a Soldier; The Last Good War, Douglas County, Illinois newspaper stories 1941-45. His third work is Johnnie Has Gone for a Soldier; The Sound of Distant Drums. This book, The Sound of Distant Drums is an abridged version of the original presenting the best of personal interviews, letters, diaries, and family stories of veterans from the heartland from 1862 through 2003.
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Books by Chuck Knox
The Sound of Distant Drums: Veteran's Voices from the Heartland 1861-2003