The World at War: 50 Years Later
This book began when the Associated Press sent out on its wire services an announcement that the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Italy was approaching. The Daily Star's wire editor, Charles Sauer, picked up on it and persuaded [the author] to find veterans for a story. After the success of that first article, he researched battle dates and prepared a possible monthly schedule.
Thanks to the willingness of both veterans and civilians to speak, sharing their private experiences, one story became a series. The two-year series is now a book.
This volume is meant to educate, so that the facts are not forgotten. Lastly, this book is meant as a tribute to those who sacrificed and suffered, and to honor the millions who died.
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Book details
- Author
- Sandra Fentiman
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › Wars & Conflicts › World War II
- Topics
- World War II · veteran personal narratives · Allied invasion of Italy · civilian experiences · oral histories · WWII pictorial history · Central New York
- ISBN-13
- 9781563113550 (Hardcover)9781681622064 (Paperback)
About the authors
SANDRA FENTIMAN is the author of The World at War: 50 Years Later: Told by Veterans and Civilians from Central New York State.
The book originated as a series of articles Fentiman wrote for The Daily Star, a daily newspaper based in Oneonta, New York, covering the 50th anniversary of World War II.
JULIE LEWIS is a photojournalist who spent over thirty years as chief photographer at The Daily Star, a daily newspaper serving central New York State. She contributed photographs to The World at War: 50 Years Later.
Lewis received at least seven Harold L. "Cap" Creal Journalism Awards for Photography and won New York State Associated Press awards.
Julie lives in Oneonta, New York.