THE RIFLE & THE RIFLE 2 - Signed Hardback Copies

Personally signed by the author Andrew Biggio and World War 2 Veteran, Lester Schrenk (U.S. Eighth Air Force)

THE RIFLE: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand

The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans.

It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories.
 

THE RIFLE 2: Back to the Battlefield

They are called the Greatest Generation, but they were also ordinary men, sharing in all of humanity’s weaknesses and flaws while responding to the call of duty. These are their unforgettable stories—first-person accounts from the last of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who fought the most dreadful war in history, all collected by a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The idea was simple: travel across the country with a 1945 M1 Garand, the basic U.S. fighting rifle of World War II, ask combat veterans of that war to sign it, and listen carefully as the sight, touch, and feel of that rifle evoke a flood of memories and emotions. In this highly anticipated follow-up to The Rifle, Andrew Biggio once again reveals the astonishing effect his M1 Garand had on the old warriors who held it.

The passage of time is swiftly snatching from us the last of those men, but the memories of those who remain are vivid and strong. It’s astonishing to see how grasping that rifle brings out those memories—good, bad, terrifying, and heroic.
 

Collection at event...

If you are attending the book signing at the gallery on Sunday 12th October, please select the 'Collect at event' option, as well as selecting ‘Collect from Gallery’ as the delivery option at the online checkout. Your copy will be put to one side for you to have signed by Andrew Biggio and Lester Schrenk personally on the day. Any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

Please note: Tickets to the event must be purchased separately HERE.

Signed Hardback (Delivered after the event)

If you are unable to attend the event personally, we can facilitate the signing on your behalf to be shipped after the event from Monday 13th October - there is an additional signing fee + postage costs will be calculated at checkout.