James R. Fisher Jr
In the Shadow of the Courthouse: Memoir of The 1940s Written As A Novel
Paperback
(1st Book Library May 5, 2003)
This is a period piece, a memoir of the halcyon days of the 1940s when young people grew up in an atmosphere of war (World War II) and learned the importance of sacrifice, creating their own play, inventing their own games, and living in the uncertainty of the future. The book is about working class young people coming of age in the midwest (Clinton, Iowa) IN THE SHADOW OF THE COURTHOUSE while the United States struggled to come of age in the shadow of the atomic bomb.
- ISBN
- 1410711382 / 9781410711380
- Pages
- 388
- Weight
- 20.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.9
in.