Cricket's Child, 1945-1955: How I Never Learned to Love the Bomb

By Janice Saunders

Centered on a little girl raised in the Appalachian region of North Carolina and then Virginia, Cricket's Child offers a mid-twentieth century social history. The narrative illuminates how historical milestones such as the emergence of a Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union impacted personal experiences in a working class, southern family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761839941
• ISBN13: 9780761839941
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 9.2"