Description: John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948), was the only military officer in U.S. history to hold the title of General of the Armies and the privilege to wear six stars on his shoulders. Until the Last Trumpet Sounds offers a moving saga of a military family that has spanned American history -- from ancestors fighting in the American Revolution to a grandson killed in Vietnam. Pershing's remarkable career encompassed the major conflicts of this century and witnessed the transformation of America from a fumbling yet bold settler of a continent into a world superpower. A brilliant storyteller, Gene Smith traces the full breadth of Pershing's career, from chasing Indians in the West and Pancho Villa in Mexico, to service in the Philippines, and serving as the supreme commander of American Expeditionary forces in World War I to giving counsel to former aide George C. Patton during World War II.

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