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ISBN: 9780060081966

Book Title: Once Upon a Town : the Miracle of the North Platte Canteen

Publisher: HarperCollins

Item Length: 7.1 in

Publication Year: 2002

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1 in

Author: Bob Greene

Genre: Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History

Topic: Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, United States / 19th Century, Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Military

Item Weight: 12.7 Oz

Item Width: 5 in

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

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HarperCollins

ISBN-10

0060081961

ISBN-13

9780060081966

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Book Title

Once Upon a Town : the Miracle of the North Platte Canteen

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272 Pages

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English

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Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, United States / 19th Century, Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Military

Publication Year

2002

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Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History

Author

Bob Greene

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Hardcover

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1 in

Item Weight

12.7 Oz

Item Length

7.1 in

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5 in

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2002-728283

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Greene reflects on his travels in the region, chronicling its citizens using the intimate style of his syndicated column., A lively, affectionate look at small town America .this.meaningful account of life on the homefront deserves the widest audience., This pleasantly modest and meaningful account of life on the homefront deserves the widest audience.

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940.53/78282

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In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and syndicated columnist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today -- a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. North Platte, Nebraska, is as isolated as a small town can be, a solitary outpost in the vast midwestern plains, hours from the state's urban centers of Omaha and Lincoln. But from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of World War II, a miracle happened there. During the war, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte 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 -- a place where soldiers could enjoy coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and convivial, friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes. It was a haven for a never-ending stream of weary, homesick military personnel that provided them with the encouragement they needed to help them through the difficult times ahead. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen -- staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers -- was open from 5 A.M. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only twelve thousand 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 GIs who once passed through, Bob Greene unearths and reveals a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.

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D769.85.N2N248 2002

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by tarre5hst
Aug 21, 2019Top favourable review
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Absolutely terrific book on a subject near and dear to my heart. My husbands father was drafted to serve in WWII, and took this exact train route to get to the SW Pacific. Given the time frame, we are certain that he passed through this little town, and experienced their collective kindness. This is a very well written account of an important, little known, massive effort by many wonderful folks. Absolutely terrific book on a subject near and dear to my heart. My husbands father was drafted to serve in WWII, and took this exact train route to get to the SW Pacific. Given the time frame, we are certain that he passed through this little town, and experienced their collective kindness. This is a very well written account of an important, little known, massive effort by many wonderful folks.
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by rosepeddlestoo
Jul 10, 2010
Once Upon a Town By Bob Greene
This book tells an amazing story of the townspeople of North Platt, Nebraska during WWII. With the assistance of others in nearby towns (some a couple of hours or more away) They made it their mission to meet every train, every day (over twenty trains each day)every year of WWII. They served them banquets of food and drinks and sent them off with more to have on the way. You have to read it. It will touch your heart and make you cry. Grown men who were interviewed for the book would cry fifty years later as they recalled the warmth and caring these townspeople gave to millions of military who served during this time and continued as they returned home on the trains even after the war was over. While the town no longer has a single passenger train running through it, it boasts the largest ... This book tells an amazing story of the townspeople of North Platt, Nebraska during WWII. With the assistance of others in nearby towns (some a couple of hours or more away) They made it their mission to meet every train, every day (over twenty trains each day)every year of WWII. They served them banquets of food and drinks and sent them off with more to have on the way. You have to read it. It will touch your heart and make you cry. Grown men who were interviewed for the book would cry fifty years later as they recalled the warmth and caring these townspeople gave to millions of military who served during this time and continued as they returned home on the trains even after the war was over. While the town no longer has a single passenger train running through it, it boasts the largest railroad yard in the world where freight trains come through and switch off cars going to various destinations. A truly wonderful story. You will be recommending it to others. A quick easy read. It was not a book I wanted to check out from a library. For me, it is a treasure to keep and share. A "feel good" story, we don't have enough of them.
by mHHaS_NiTGm@Deleted
Jan 08, 2010
Once Upon a Town
I bought the book to learn more about the North Platte Canteen. I had heard bits and pieces about the Canteen and was interested in finding out more. It was informative from what the author learned from the current towns people and what he got from the interviews from the ladys that had worked there and the many military men who had stopped at the canteen. There was a lot of reserch to find the men who had been at the canteen. I thought it was a very good and informative book.I bought the book to learn more about the North Platte Canteen. I had heard bits and pieces about the Canteen and was interested in finding out more. It was informative from what the author learned from the current towns people and what he got from the interviews from the ladys that had worked there and the many military men who had stopped at the canteen. There was a lot of reserch to find the men who had been at the canteen. I thought it was a very good and informative book.
by captstorm2
Jan 15, 2019
My highest recommendation!
A highly interesting book about a town that showed what's good and decent about the U.S..
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by bugwit1234
Jun 13, 2010
Once Upon a Town
This book was on my "intend to read" list since it first came out. I saw Bob Greene interviewed at that time. My Dad was in WW II and probably went through North Platte, Nebraska and may have had contact with these people. This is the most heart-warming book I have read in a long time. I bought it on Kindle, read it, and then bought the hard cover book so I can loan it to people (and get it back). This is the story of a group of people, in an area of a state, who gave, not knowing for how long it would be, and never asked for anything in return. When it was over, these people went back to their lives. Other areas of the country could have done what these people did, but these people did it. Maybe others did what these people did, but no one wrote about it.This book was on my "intend to read" list since it first came out. I saw Bob Greene interviewed at that time. My Dad was in WW II and probably went through North Platte, Nebraska and may have had contact with these people. This is the most heart-warming book I have read in a long time. I bought it on Kindle, read it, and then bought the hard cover book so I can loan it to people (and get it back). This is the story of a group of people, in an area of a state, who gave, not knowing for how long it would be, and never asked for anything in return. When it was over, these people went back to their lives. Other areas of the country could have done what these people did, but these people did it. Maybe others did what these people did, but no one wrote about it.

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