From This Moment On: America in 1940 - Hardcover

Hart, Jeffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 051755741X ISBN 13: 9780517557419

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing, 1987

Synopsis

Captures the texture and tone of life in 1940, a distinctive era in American life when war and an astonishing new technology was on the horizon

About this title

From Library Journal:

In 1940, Americans waited uneasily to see if they would be dragged into the Europeans' war: more and more sure it was necessary, yet fearful of what would come. Hart aims to re-create what that pivotal year felt like. He believes that 1940 was the end of an era, and, even more, that great individuals of that prewar time were champions in a way that later public figures were not. Hart does succeed in evoking a past fondly remembered by many. But the book is much more autobiographical and personal than one might expect, and it covers primarily Manhattan, not America in general. It is rambling and anecdotal, not really proving Hart's contentions. Recommended for large public libraries for its nostalgia value. Pat Ensor, Indiana State Univ. Lib., Terre Haute
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 051755741X
• ISBN 13: 9780517557419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335