Author

Publication

2001 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

78,500 words, Guess

Page Count

314 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC940.54/8173
  • LCCD811.A2 B7455 2001
  • LCCD811.A2B7455 2001
and 1 more
  • LCCD 811 A2 B7458 2001

Description

A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war -- in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway -- as well as their life on the home front. In this beautiful American family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, history comes alive and is preserved, in people's own words and through photographs and time lines that commemorate important dates and events. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, on through the war in Europe and the Pacific, this unusual book preserves a people's rich historical heritage and the legacy of the heroism of a nation.

Description

Celebrates the "greatest generation" of Americans, from the Great Depression to the Bataan Death March and beyond, in a series of biographical profiles that chronicle the experiences of ordinary Americans who became caught up in historic twentieth-century events.

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  • An album of memories: personal histories from the greatest generationRandom House2001-01-01

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