{"product_id":"the-american-home-front-1941-1942-9780802143327","title":"The American Home Front: 1941-1942","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn nearly three thousand BBC broadcasts over fifty-eight years, Alistair Cooke reported on America, illuminating our country for a global audience. He was one of the most widely read and widely heard chroniclers of America—the Twentieth Century’s de Tocqueville. Cooke died in 2004, but shortly before he passed away a long-forgotten manuscript resurfaced in a closet in his New York apartment. It was a travelogue of America during the early days of World War II that had sat there for sixty years. Published to stellar reviews in 2006, though “somewhat past deadline,” Cooke’s \u003ci\u003eThe American Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e is a “valentine to his adopted country by someone who loved it as well as anyone and knew it better than most” (\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e [Cleveland]). It is a unique artifact and a historical gem, “an unexpected and welcome discover in a time capsule.” (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) A portrait frozen in time, the book offers a charming look at the war through small towns, big cities, and the American landscape as they once were. \u003ci\u003eThe American Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e is also a brilliant piece of reportage, a historical gem that “affirms Cooke’s enduring place as a great twentieth-century reporter” (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alistair Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955975196790,"sku":"9780802143327","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0cc9c000-d572-442d-ad08-1f59292e2820.jpg?v=1767722775","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-american-home-front-1941-1942-9780802143327","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}