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Once upon a town : the miracle of the North Platte Canteen
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016, narrator.
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Audiobook - North Wing Basement
978.282 Greene
1 available
978.282 Greene
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Copy Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook - North Wing Basement | 978.282 Greene | #1-5 | On Shelf |
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Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Notes
Participants/Performers
Reader, Fritz Weaver.
Description
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through todaya town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteenstaffed and funded entirely by local volunteerswas open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Greene, B., & Weaver, F. (2002). Once upon a town: the miracle of the North Platte Canteen (Unabridged.). HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greene, Bob and Fritz Weaver. 2002. Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Greene, Bob and Fritz Weaver. Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen HarperAudio, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Greene, Bob,, and Fritz Weaver. Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen Unabridged., HarperAudio, 2002.
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