{"product_id":"home-front-to-battlefront-frank-lavin-9780821423431","title":"Home Front to Battlefront: An Ohio Teenager in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarl Lavin was a high school senior when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native was eighteen when he enlisted, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. \u003ci\u003eHome Front to Battlefront\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home--all in the same day. The book is based on Carl's personal letters, his recollections and those of the people he served beside, official military history, private papers, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Front to Battlefront\u003c\/i\u003e contributes the rich details of one soldier's experience to the broader literature on World War II. Lavin's adventures, in turn disarming and sobering, will appeal to general readers, veterans, educators, and students of the war. As a history, the book offers insight into the wartime career of a Jewish Ohioan in the military, from enlistment to training through overseas deployment. As a biography, it reflects the emotions and the role of the individual in a total war effort that is all too often thought of as a machine war in which human soldiers were merely interchangeable cogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Lavin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821423436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821423431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Frank Lavin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001238569215,"sku":"9780821423431","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_296df634-fb52-41b5-a443-f5f1560d8130.jpg?v=1751600474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-front-to-battlefront-frank-lavin-9780821423431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}