Over Here: How the G. I. Bill Transformed the American Dream - Hardcover

Humes, Edward

 
9780151007103: Over Here: How the G. I. Bill Transformed the American Dream
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151007101 ISBN 13: 9780151007103
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Synopsis

An analysis of the purpose and legacy of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 profiles it as the twentieth century's most transformative bill, discussing how it provided a wealth of veteran benefits, from home loans and health care to job counseling and educational funding, while proving pivotal to the careers to such figures as Norman Mailer, JFK, and Paul Newman.

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About the Author

EDWARD HUMES is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who has contributed to Talk, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Los Angeles magazine, and others. Humes’s numerous books include School of Dreams and the bestselling Mississippi Mud, Mean Justice, and No Matter How Loud I Shout. A graduate of Hampshire College, he lives in Southern California. 



 



 

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0151007101
ISBN 13 
9780151007103
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
319