From Paradise to Perdition: a Very Short Path - Couverture souple

Lachman, Donald

 
9780595499410: From Paradise to Perdition: a Very Short Path
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595499414 ISBN 13 : 9780595499410
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

For most Americans, the attack on Pearl Harbor was something terrible happening in a far off foreign place and lifestyle changes were gradual. For those in Honolulu, the change was instantaneous and drastic.The Story of what someone was doing when he or she heard that the U.S. has been attacked by the Japanese never gets old.The young storyteller ignores the warning from the radio and races outside to witness the attack. The unfortunate fact that so many people who witnessed the attack are deceased lends even more importance to the narrative.The rapidly changing lens of the storyteller snaps from the Japanese fleet back to his family on the eve of war. In a story rich with contrasts, this transition between the Japanese forces and his typical pre-war family life provides a stark comparison that epitomizes the story."This true life story brings new dimensions a insights to my visits to the Arizona Memorial and other December 7th sites in Hawaii."-Dr. Frederick Heydrick, National Institutes of Health"For anyone who may have wondered what it might be like to see one's home town bombed and be in danger of invasion, Lachman gives the perspective of an eyewitness to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was there and it changed his view of paradise."-Dr. James Boston, Professor Emeritus, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For most Americans, the attack on Pearl Harbor was something terrible happening in a far off foreign place and lifestyle changes were gradual. For those in Honolulu, the change was instantaneous and drastic.The Story of what someone was doing when he or she heard that the U.S. has been attacked by the Japanese never gets old.The young storyteller ignores the warning from the radio and races outside to witness the attack. The unfortunate fact that so many people who witnessed the attack are deceased lends even more importance to the narrative.The rapidly changing lens of the storyteller snaps from the Japanese fleet back to his family on the eve of war. In a story rich with contrasts, this transition between the Japanese forces and his typical pre-war family life provides a stark comparison that epitomizes the story."This true life story brings new dimensions a insights to my visits to the Arizona Memorial and other December 7th sites in Hawaii."-Dr. Frederick Heydrick, National Institutes of Health"For anyone who may have wondered what it might be like to see one's home town bombed and be in danger of invasion, Lachman gives the perspective of an eyewitness to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was there and it changed his view of paradise."-Dr. James Boston, Professor Emeritus, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland

Biographie de l'auteur

Donald Lachman lives in Frederick, Maryland. He was in the Navy during the war. He graduated from Drexel University. He worked as a telecommunications engineer, and later joined the US Foreign Service. He and his family traveled the world in this service.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595499414
ISBN 13 
9780595499410
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
48
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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