Pacific War Stories

Pacific War StoriesIn this new book by the authors of Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory of World War II in the Pacific, the history of the War in the Pacific comes vividly to life in the words of those who witnessed it first hand. The editors create for the reader, as the veterans themselves recall it, what that war was likehow it looked, felt, smelled, and sounded. The stories collected here are a unique portrayal of the mundane, exotic, boring, terrifying, life

An insightful text explores the history of these creatures and their cultural roles

Extended captions at the back of the book provide a concise introduction to the history and significance of each of the forty-four locales depicted

Raven was pure white

and McCabe himself

for the first time as a Tiny Folio

the artists of the Rörstrand factory took nationalistic pride in incorporating their indigenous flora and fauna into their exquisite designs

ways you can bond with your child and support your partner

how Roy Lichtenstein created goldfish out of metal

In How Artists See the Elements children can see how Red Grooms created clumps of earth out of dabs and lines of paint

when it popularized Chinese checkers

life of a vanished era

and opposition to the nihilism that underlay so much of modern culture