Once Upon a Town; The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060081961
- ISBN 13
- 9780060081966
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: William Morrow and Co., 2003 William Morrow and Co., New York. 2002. Hardcover. BCE Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; light head and tail bumping. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 264 pp 8vo. North Platte, NE is a small town in the vast midwestern plains but from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of the war, a miracle happened there. The tiny town opened the North Platte Canteen in the RR station and served, food, warmth, and support to the troop trains passing through to the West Coast, almost 6 million of them by war's end. A story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons. A clean very presentable copy
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008799
- Title
- Once Upon a Town; The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
- Author
- Bob Greene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060081961
- ISBN 13
- 9780060081966
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NORTH PLATTE CANTEEN, PLATTE, NE, TROOP TRAINS, WORLD WAR II, DINERS AND CANTEENS ON THE RAILROAD, RED CROSS CANTEENS, soldiers, sailors, troop transports, military romances,
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.