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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Greene, Bob , hardc
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- ISBN
- 9780060081966
- Book Title
- Once Upon a Town : the Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
- Item Length
- 7.1in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, Military
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and syndicated columnist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today -- a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. North Platte, Nebraska, is as isolated as a small town can be, a solitary outpost in the vast midwestern plains, hours from the state's urban centers of Omaha and Lincoln. But from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of World War II, a miracle happened there. During the war, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte on troop trains, en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen -- a place where soldiers could enjoy coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and convivial, friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes. It was a haven for a never-ending stream of weary, homesick military personnel that provided them with the encouragement they needed to help them through the difficult times ahead. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen -- staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers -- was open from 5 A.M. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only twelve thousand people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the GIs who once passed through, Bob Greene unearths and reveals a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060081961
ISBN-13
9780060081966
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2246373
Product Key Features
Book Title
Once Upon a Town : the Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, Military
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.1in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D769.85.N2n248 2002
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Greene reflects on his travels in the region, chronicling its citizens using the intimate style of his syndicated column., A lively, affectionate look at small town America .this.meaningful account of life on the homefront deserves the widest audience., This Pleasantly Modest and Meaningful Account of Life on the Homefront Deserves the Widest Audience.
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2002-728283
Dewey Decimal
940.53/78282
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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