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by Alistair Cooke
From the famous BBC correspondent and television host comes a remarkably insightful and detailed firsthand portrait of America during the early days of World War II.
"This volume may work better as a deftly constructed time capsule than as history" - Library Journal.
"A vivid, endlessly interesting view of the home front." - Kirkus.
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