Vol 2, YEAR 1942
Author: Robert C Valentine
A Toast For You and Me, America’s Participation, Sacrifice and Victory
retail softcover: $32.98
over 600 dramatic illustrations
Superb book The American participation immediately after Pearl Harbor was attacked, non-fiction 296 pages. Rare color photography. The Home Front. Volume is breathtaking and educational. Uncovers a treasure trove of Midway--with exclusive color photography. The invasions of Guadalcanal and North Africa. Field of research includes the world of radio, streamlined art, blackouts, domestic issues and espionage; Madame X; Civilian Defense Council; Hollywood; Walt Disney; overall participation defined and comes to life. Secretive Ascension Island. Easy to read for the young, includes special chronological date supplement of the year in detail. Poignant narrative. Exclusive pictures of Doolittle’s historic raid in color. See Midway as never seen! complete with the story of Hollywood director John Ford. Home Front and also overseas. From unknown subjects like American traitor Max Stephan to defiant Artie Shaw pitted against the prejudice of the Deep South; 17,000 volunteer committees affiliated with Civilian Defense; Fleet of Modernism; Robert Sherwood; Glenn Miller; Ernie Pyle; and Carole Lombard, who rose from a nobody to superstar. 177 first-time illustrations published in a book. Not even Time-Life has our picture of Frank Sinatra in color! Color extravaganza. Los Angeles and Honolulu under attack in 1942? Spies. Saboteurs. Narrative begins with the Japanese Empire invading Asia, details the triumphs of the Axis, details the apprehensive period of the United States during world war’s early light. Dr. Seuss cartoons. The blend of pictures and narrative make it interesting. Historical. Index.