Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck

Once There Was a War

John Steinbeck

256 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction classics history reflective slow-paced
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A collection of Steinbeck's dispatches filed for the New York Herald Times at the height of World War II. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent ...

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Moods

informative 70%
reflective 51%
sad 39%
emotional 34%
adventurous 29%
dark 28%
funny 26%
tense 22%
challenging 18%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 10%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 47%
slow 34%
fast 18%

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3.6

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