Home Front Soldier - The Story of a G.I. and His Italian-American Family During World War II (Hardcover)

While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young solider, Philip L. Aquila, and his Italian American family during the Second World War includes a detailed introduction, providing historical context to the more than 500 letters that this young sergeant wrote to his family back home in Buffalo, New York.

Like an epistolary novel, the letters offer an intimate personal history of how a large immigrant family with four sons in the military coped with the daily traumas of World War II.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1999
Authors:	Richard Aquila
Dimensions:	235 x 165mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-4075-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-7914-4075-3
Barcode:	9780791440759

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