1941: Our Lives in a World on the Edge
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Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0060159480
ISBN13:9780060159481
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:516 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
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A fascinating tour of a momentous year
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This excellent book covers some of the same territory as The Borrowed Years 1938-1941: America on the Way to War, by Richard m. Ketchum, a really great book also. But this book is mainly limited to 1941 and while it is mostly based on rather ordinary secondary sources, I found it a great book to read. Most of the book discusses war, but other events are also covered: Virginia Woolf's suicide, Whirlaway's triple crown, Joe DeMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams'.400 plus batting average, Mickey Owen's passed ball, etc. Though I lived through all the time, I found the events on Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete took on new clarity from my reading of this book. While this is journalistic history, not academic history, I found the book a sheer joy.
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