A Frenchman's Duty: A Foot Soldier's Journey through the First World War

By J. Michael Dumoulin

Sometimes gritty and graphic, sometimes humorous and insightful, "A Frenchman's Duty" chronicles Arthur's true story of four-years as a French foot soldier and cook on the Western Front during World War I. Transcribed and translated from Arthur's hand-scripted journal, illustrated with 44 one-hundred-year old color postcards, maps, and photos, t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Flatcreek Studios
• Release date: May 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088025987

J. Michael Dumoulin

J. Michael Dumoulin is a 30-year Air Force veteran; a NASA retiree; and former director of strategic initiatives at the INFINITY Science Center near New Orleans. Now retired to write and illustrate, J. Michael donates time as senior partner in TDG, a museum consulting LLC. He serves on the Board of Directors at the Ground Zero Hurricane Museum, Waveland, Miss., and as a grant writer at the Gulfport Arts Center. He is an award-winning communicator and artist, a writer, illustrator, and exhibit designer.The three-book set "Flatcreek Tales" (2015) were his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th books. J. Michael's fifth book, a business leadership book titled "Followership: The Manual," came out in 2016, and is now in its fourth edition (2021). "Great Nations Dare to Explore," book #6 (2017), is a tabletop history book about space exploration. "A Frenchman's Duty" (2018) is available at Amazon.com and on Kindle, and in several library systems around the country. Someday, when he feels old enough to release a memoir, "Threads that Bind" (2019) will be distributed, too. "Balanced on a Moment," a collection of essays and illustrations, was Dumoulin's ninth release (2021) and the basis of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded museum exhibit that ran from Jan-April 2022.Colonel Dumoulin earned a B.A. in Commercial Art at Florida State University and an Advertising B.S. at the University of Florida. He was awarded a Masters in Public Communication from Boston University and holds a post-Masters certificate in National Strategy from the Air Force's Air University.

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