Come by Page & Palette on Saturday, November 30th at 1pm to meet and talk to David Preston with his books!

Unknown Soldier: World War I

Ever wondered what the lives of the unidentified soldiers buried at the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington National Cemetery were like? In 1917, the United States entered World War. I, the war to end all wars. One of the most famous American divisions in the war was the 42nd Rainbow Division. An integral part of that division was the 167th Alabama. This story follows what could have been the experiences and lives of those men that fought galliantly and bravely in some of the fiercest fighting along the Western Front. This coming of age story follows a young man from a small Southwest Alabama town that goes out into the world to find adventure and finds himself and his friends in the middle of the fighting.

David Preston

David was born in Gurden, Arkansas. He lived there a whole week and then his family moved to the Dallas, Texas area. While living in the Dallas area suburb of Plano, his mother pased away when he was 11 months old. At the age of 5 and a half, his family moved to the Memphis, Tennessee suburb of Hernando, Mississippi.At the end of middle school, his family moved to the Mobile, Alabama area, where he has resided ever since.

David graduated “Thank The Lurd” from Daphne High School in Daphne, Alabama in 1999. He attended Faulkner State Community College (now Alabama Coastal Community College) and the University of South Alabama, where he majored in Political Science.

David has been a Business Owner, political columnist and Reporter. He ran for Daphne C ity Council in Daphne, Alabama at age 19 in 2000, loosing to an entrenched incumbent by less than 200 votes.

David currently resides in Mobile, Alabama with his four dogs, Moonpie (a Yorkie and the boss of the house), Sampson Beauregard, Starla Grace, and Ziva (all Weimaraners).

For fun, David likes to write and visit historical places and about knew people.