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 ...
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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 these events through the eyes of a novice teacher, an abandoned boy, two young girls whose mother works in the shipyards and whose father enlists in the Army, and a sailor scarred by his months in the war zone. Words of My Roaring is a richly textured, emotionally charged novel about the unlikely sources of human redemption.
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Like New. 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. 1998. First. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Words of My Roaring to cart. $28.78, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1998 by University of California Press.
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Very Good. 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. 1998. First. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Words of My Roaring to cart. $33.23, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1998 by University of California Press.
