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Author
Series
Library of America volume 219
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
ix, 880 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
5) My folks and World War II: a treasury of World War II stories shared by Capper's and Grit readers
Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of personal experiences and family lore that Capper's and Grit readers have shared at home and abroad -- to win the war to end all wars"--Foreword.
Author
Language
English
Description
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other—but with certain differences. The neighbor's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact.
Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates...
Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvii, 330 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, as well as a hip hop "one hit wonder," an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, and a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's "secret army" during World War II. They share their ventures into uncharted territory--and how their lives were changed forever by what they found...
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
227 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea--an identity and place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking a thousand languages, carrying every culture, each with their own reason for uprooting themselves to try something new. Everyone has their own unique story. Little America is a collection of those stories, told by the people who lived them. Together, they form...
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionary War. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
World War II in the Pacific Theater, oral histories collected from over 30 U.S. veterans, told in their own words.
"At the height of World War II, Look Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a high school history teacher and his students track down over two dozen veterans residing around "Hometown, USA" ..."--
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