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Title Statement | Once there was a war / John Steinbeck ; introduction by Mark Bowden. |
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Series | Penguin classics |
Author | Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 |
Additional Contributors | Bowden, Mark,1951- |
Publication | New York: Penguin Books,2007.©1943 |
Extent of Item | xiv, 187 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780143104797 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr02302382 |
Contents | England --Africa --Italy. |
Summary | Writing from England in the midst of the London blitz, North Africa, and Italy, Steinbeck focuses on the people as opposed to the battles, portraying everyone from the guys in the bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour. He eats and drinks with soldiers behind enemy lines, talks with them, and fights beside them. |
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By Topic | World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American |
World War, 1939-1945 | |
By Genre | Biographies |
Personal narratives |