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Author
Publisher
Midgard Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Award winning author, Nellie Snyder Yost, weaves recollections, interviews, newspaper accounts and court documents into a horrifying but readable true story of farm wife Annie Cook's part in 'the little Chicago of the west' era of North Platte, Nebraska, history.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Bob Greene reveals the story of the North Platte Canteen, a railroad stop in North Platte, Nebraska, through which would pass trains bearing United States soldiers en route to Europe or the Pacific. Volunteers from the city of twelve thousand made it a place where soldiers could enjoy music, home-cooked food, magazines and friendly conversation, if only for a short time. Based on interviews with North Platte residents and the GIs who once passed through....
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