Title:Fleeting Attraction; A Social History of American Servicemen In Western Australia During the Second World War
Author:Barker, Anthony J. & Jackson, Lisa
Price:AUD$19.80 (about USD$13.10)
ISBN:1875560742
Item ID:SB00-0112938
Quantity:1
Publisher:University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1996
Edition:First
Illustrator:Photographic
Binding:Softcover (with flaps)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:No
introduction by authors, notes, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Sepia photographic front cover with silver titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners and to the book panels. "Arriving in early 1942, American servicemen were greeted by Western Australians as handsome heroes from the Hollywood dream-world, having an impact that was both more intense and more welcome than in other parts of Australia .... and yet it was also fleeting." From the rear panel blurb. This is a history of that fleeting influence. Size: Trade Paperback. (4), V-VIII, 296 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Local History Western Australia; Australia; 1940s; History. ISBN: 1875560742. ISBN/EAN: 9781875560745. Inventory No: 0112938.