On the Home Front: Everyday American Life from Prohibition to World War Two

by Mary Jo Ryan Clark and Jack Clark

"Jack Clark's wondrous celebration of his working-class mother and her natural gifts as a storyteller has touched me deeply. Hooray for Mary Jo Ryan Clark and her boy Jack." --Studs Terkel"The book itself is a marvel of writerly restraint... Some are private moments--being 4 years old, getting shiny new shoes and remembering looking down at them as she toed circles in the sawdust on a butcher shop floor. "Other brush against history--news of Pearl...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475170602
• ISBN13: 9781475170603
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"