{"product_id":"americans-remember-the-homefront-isbn-9780425186640","title":"Americans Remember the Homefront","description":"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...Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. \"A Date Which Will Live in Infamy...\"\u003cbr\u003e2. Washington at War\u003cbr\u003e3. Industry at War\u003cbr\u003e4. Keeping the Country Informed\u003cbr\u003e5. The War Effort - Almost Everyone Was Involved\u003cbr\u003e6. \"Don't You Know There's a War On\"?\u003cbr\u003e7. Wives and Children\u003cbr\u003e8. The Home Front\u003cbr\u003e9. The Ultimate Cost of Victory\u003cbr\u003e10. 1945 - The End\u003cbr\u003e11. Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling.\" \u003cb\u003e—New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressive and moving.\" \u003cb\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] endlessly surprising personal history.\" \u003cb\u003e—United Press International\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e—Time Magazine\u003c\/b\u003eRoy 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 \u003cb\u003eWhen the Stars Went to War: Hollywood and World War II\u003c\/b\u003e and the recent novel, \u003cb\u003eOur Man in Washington\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304497893605,"sku":"NP9780425186640","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425186640.jpg?v=1767721448","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/americans-remember-the-homefront-isbn-9780425186640","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}