Valley Drive Days: 1939-1945 - Memories From Wartime Schooldays Past

Abilene, Texas: H.V. Chapman & Sons, 2011. N6 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author (first name only) and inscribed to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition that is cocked and lightly bowed, some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Foreword and sonnet tribute by Sam Pendergrast. 8.75"x5.75", 273 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The economically devastating effects of the Great Depression are not in the too distant past and the nation once again is plunged into a period of sacrifice and consumer discipline. A fomenting turbulence of aggression in Europe is creating tension in America, with a war's reality exploding in the vicious bombing attack on Pearl Harbor. America is now in the war that had begun on European soil two years earlier. This is World War II, and American life adjusts once more to the call of service and patriotism. The period 1939-1945 becomes especially significant for the children who are beginning their school years in a world-time, which for them there is no other comparison. This work is not intended to serve as an academic slice of American history in the times of World War II. Rather, it aims at interweaving a background of historical events of a nation at war and its impact on the daily lives of children in an average, midsize town in America. The stories are told from the recollections of child-views of living in those days, and the influences that affected all lives in one way or another. It was a special time, in a special place, with special events in the lives of children who experienced their unique time in America.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.