Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen (Repost)
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen By Bob Greene
2003 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 006008197X | EPUB + MOBI | 1 MB + 1 MB
2003 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 006008197X | EPUB + MOBI | 1 MB + 1 MB
Bob Greene, like his fellow Chicagoan, Studs Turkel, knows how to write about people. In "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen" Greene brings out the humanity of a small, almost forgotten town in the flats of Nebraska. Across the world, America was fighting in a war, and in America, men were kissing girlfriends and hugging parents good-bye. Some didn't live to come back. In between the tragedy of war, and the sadness of leaving home was North Platte, a town which just happened to be where trains full of soldiers stopped briefly to reload supplies. In WWII the town was booming with commerce, as much as any small town might boom with anything.