Barefoot Gen, Vol. 4: Out of the Ashes Review

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(More customer reviews)Japan has surrendered, the war is over, and American troops are securing the mainland. Gen and his family are suffering from malnutrition. The Americans aren't allowing Japanese police to carry weapons, so criminals and black-marketeers are running rampant. People are still dying from radiation poisoning. Gen's little sister is kidnapped. These are some, but not all, of the problems that Gen and his family are facing.
This book is powerful and moving, but it is heartwrenching and very difficult to read. Technically this book is fiction but Keiji Nakazawa did live through the bombing of Hiroshima and these stories are based on his experiences. It will make you cry.

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Volume four, resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

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Outside Passage: A Memoir of an Alaskan Childhood Review

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(More customer reviews)In contradiction to Sarah Palin's take on Alaska, the history brought forth in Julia Scully's memoir evokes stark brilliant scenes peopled by stoic pioneers. As I reread Outside Passage, I'm reminded of the unique existence Julia and her family experienced at a time the U.S. was in turmoil.

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The Bad City in the Good War: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego (American West in the Twentieth Century) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book could serve as a history textbook about California cities' roles during World War II. As someone who lived in San Francisco at the time I can verify that the author tells it like it was, at least as far as the San Francisco Bay Area is concerned. The book brought back memories of things I'd forgotten about, such as vegetable Victory Gardens in Golden Gate Park and beachfront horse patrols by members of the Polo Club searching for enemy infiltrators. I also read several new facts I was unaware of. For instance, most of the tanks shipped to the Pacific Theater were built at Richmond's Ford plant, near where Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park is now, and I learned the significance of the Double V. Find out what that means and more of the history of this wartime era by reading The Bad City in the Good War.
Robert R. Talley
Author and Publisher,
Child on the Home Front

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San Francisco in World War II (Images of America) Review

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(More customer reviews)Great new previously-unseen photos of San Francisco during the World War II era. My mother says this book brings back memories that she hadn't had for years. This was a time of great challenge, tragedy, sorrow, and opportunity. It is worth studying. Great compilation and research by John Garvey. Highly recommended.


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