A review by judyward
The American Home Front: 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke

4.0

In the months just before Alistair Cooke died in 2004, a forgotten manuscript was discovered in a closet in his New York apartment. It was an account of Cooke's cross-country trip that he took in 1941-1942 talking to Americans about their lives, their views on World War II, and how the war was affecting them. Cooke talked to Americans in large cities, small towns, and in rural areas as he traveled from the East Coast to the West Coast and then back again. An interesting look at the lives of ordinary Americans during extraordinary times. A fascinating read.