One survivor tells of the fire bombing of Dresden. Another recounts the pervasive fear of marauding Russian and Czech bandits raping and killing. Children recall fathers who were only photographs and
Get Poi? is creative nonfiction in which I remember and recreate my experiences as a child in wartime Honolulu. I wanted to touch, see, hear, smell, and taste the world that shaped my growing up and a
Recounts the World War II experiences of a seven to twelve-year-old French boy from a middle-class Catholic family, describing how he reacted to the changing circumstances
When bombs fell over cities like Glasgow and London people would take refuge in shelters and tube stations until the all-clear signal sounded and 'normal' life resumed. Many years later Maurine rememb
A memoir in paintings and words by internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and teacher James McMullan. “It is this dream-like quality of my memories that I wanted to capture in some way in the
Salsitz has previously written books that recount his life from his childhood in Poland through the end of World War II. Here he assembles 100 vignettes and stories of his life up to the present. The
Hamilton? Italian community comes to vibrant life in this World War II era novel. Told as a tale during a winter night, The Good Doctor, follows the efforts of Doctor Vincenzo Arcone to fight the forc
Historian and political activist Forman (women's studies, U. of Toronto) was herself a child refugee in Switzerland during World War II. She was five to nine years old in 1942-46, so her memories, lik