From the first surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the emotional aftermath of World War II's final victory, this rich and powerful tapestry of voices offers firsthand memories of a nation united...
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"Compelling." —New York Times
"Impressive and moving." —Los Angeles Times
"[An] endlessly surprising personal history." —United Press International
"Hoopes interviewed nearly 200 Americans for this oral history of the home front. Many of them speak wonderingly of an almost innocent exhilaration triggered by World War II [that] showed Americans something larger than themselves. This collection of memories ranges over wartime Washington, the transformation of industries, the families stumbling around in blacked-out houses...hundreds of nostalgic oddments...Such a collage has an effect of Whitmanesque tenderness." —Time Magazine
"Impressive and moving." —Los Angeles Times
"[An] endlessly surprising personal history." —United Press International
"Hoopes interviewed nearly 200 Americans for this oral history of the home front. Many of them speak wonderingly of an almost innocent exhilaration triggered by World War II [that] showed Americans something larger than themselves. This collection of memories ranges over wartime Washington, the transformation of industries, the families stumbling around in blacked-out houses...hundreds of nostalgic oddments...Such a collage has an effect of Whitmanesque tenderness." —Time Magazine
About the Author
Roy Hoopes spent some of the war years at home and some in the South Pacific. A career journalist and award-winning biographer, he has written many books including When the Stars Went to War: Hollywood and World War II and the recent novel, Our Man in Washington.
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On December 6, 1941, the United States was a nation of approximately 132 million people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Pearl Harbor, New York, United States, Red Cross, White House, San Francisco, Long Island, New Jersey, Saint Louis, Marquis Childs, President Roosevelt, Marine Corps, State Department, New Orleans, Coast Guard, Jack Altshul, Los Angeles, Ocean City, Soviet Union, Ann Hoskins, Anna Mae Lindberg, Associated Press, German Embassy, West Virginia, Bill Gold New!
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On December 6, 1941, the United States was a nation of approximately 132 million people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Pearl Harbor, New York, United States, Red Cross, White House, San Francisco, Long Island, New Jersey, Saint Louis, Marquis Childs, President Roosevelt, Marine Corps, State Department, New Orleans, Coast Guard, Jack Altshul, Los Angeles, Ocean City, Soviet Union, Ann Hoskins, Anna Mae Lindberg, Associated Press, German Embassy, West Virginia, Bill Gold New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Charles Evans Hughes by Merlo J. Pusey on page 65
- Pearl Harbor (A Day That Made History Series) by Nathan Harris on page 29
- Pearl Harbor (Movie Tie-In) by Randall Wallace on page 83
- The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck on page 171
- Power of the Modern Presidency by Erwin C. Hargrove on page 252
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