Talk:Laurence Stallings

Stallings
I have just created this page and plan to update it heavily in the coming weeks. This will explain it's abrupt stop in places, as my writing technique is to start from the beginning working my way to the end. - Diarmada 04:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

"The Doughboys"
Are you sure that's a novel? I think it was nonfiction, brought out around 1963 looking towards the 50th anniversary of WWI. Nor do I recall that discussion of black troops was a significant element of the book.

"The Doughboys" is stated as nonfiction, but I agree that the article's emphasis on black troops is misplaced. The book is an excellent survey of all US Army and Marine Corps actions in Europe 1917-18, thoroughly researched and very well written.

Btillman (talk) 15:10, 18 July 2013 (UTC)B Tillman 17 Jul 2013

Reorganization
I've added an infobox, pictures, a works list, and reorganized the history into a clear lead, life, and career sections. I'm going to work on changing the references to inline citations, but it may be slow-going. Feel free to make updates, I will happily piggy-back on any updates.ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 20:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Plumes and the big parade
Currently, the page says that the novel Plumes was adapted into the movie The Big Parade. This seems like it can't be accurate - Plumes is a novel about the post-war experience of the wounded veteran, while The Big Parade is much more focused on the actual experience of the soldiers in France. I think What Price Glory might have been a bigger inspiration for the movie, instead.

Also, I've read one scholar who argues Plumes was a success at the time and another who says it was a critical flop and Stallings suppressed the novel after its first edition (and that What Price Glory was much more successful, in contrast). Does anyone know why that might be?Itsjohndonne (talk) 06:13, 4 March 2020 (UTC)