Critical Praise for Gene Smith On Until the Last Trumpet Sounds The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expeditionary Force of World War I. Booklist A six-star effort . . . captures Pershing better than anyone has before. The Grand Rapids Press On The Shattered Dream A storyteller of history, Gene Smith is one of the very best in his field. The Washington Post On When the Cheering Stopped A brilliantly written and dramatically effective work of history . . . Smith is a prodigious researcher, an artful writer. The New York Times On American Gothic A ripping good tale . . . the story rivets you. You can t put the book down. The New York Times Book Review