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Words of My Roaring
Ernest J. Finney
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Description for Words of My Roaring
Paperback. Set in a small town near San Francisco during World War II, this novel relates the confusions, dislocations, and brutality of war as they affect the home front. We see events through the eyes of a novice teacher, an abandoned boy, two young girls and a sailor scarred by his time in the war zone. Series: California Fiction S. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Clean copy
Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II, Words of My Roaring is a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front. The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno and connects it to San Francisco and the larger stage of the war. Tanforan racetrack, first an assembly camp for Japanese Americans awaiting internment, becomes a naval training base for Pacific-bound recruits. The elementary school becomes a USO, and air-raid drills and blackouts are routine as California prepares for an expected Japanese invasion. We see ... Read more
Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II, Words of My Roaring is a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front. The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno and connects it to San Francisco and the larger stage of the war. Tanforan racetrack, first an assembly camp for Japanese Americans awaiting internment, becomes a naval training base for Pacific-bound recruits. The elementary school becomes a USO, and air-raid drills and blackouts are routine as California prepares for an expected Japanese invasion. We see ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
California Fiction S.
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520216389
SKU
KEX0236878
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Ref
99-1
About Ernest J. Finney
Ernest J. Finney grew up on the peninsula just south of San Francisco and now divides his time between that city and the San Joaquin Valley. His books include the novels California Time (1998), Lady with the Alligator Purse (1992) and Winterchill (1989), and the short story collections Flights in the Heavenlies (1996) and Birds Landing (1986).
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