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The last good war the faces and voices of World War II

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Other Authors:	Sanders, Thomas, Kavass, Veronica
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Welcome Books, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American. Veterans > United States > Portraits.
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Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
ISBN:	9781599620855 (hardcover) 1599620855 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Thomas Sanders began photographing WWII veterans while studying at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. After receiving his BFA in photography, he continued his studies in the Los Angeles studios of noted photographers while working on his veterans sereis, which has been featured in the 2007 PDN Photo Annual and wide variety of publications. Sanders has worked with a number of corporate, advertising, and editorial clients, including Saatchi and Saatchi, BBDO, Tide, and numerous others. He resides in Redondo Beach, CA. Veronica Kavass was raised in Nashville, TN, holds a Masters in Curation and Criticism from Chelsea College of Art in London, and has trained as an oral historian through her wook with StoryCorps. A native of Memphis, Hampton Sides is editor-at-large for Outside magazine and the author of the international best-seller, Ghost Soldiers (Doubleday), which was the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, The Great Raid . Ghost Soldiers won the 2002 PEN USA award for non-fiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble. Hampton is also the author of Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West , and Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin (Doubleday). A graduate of Yale with a B.A. in history, he lives in New Mexico with his wife, Anne, and their three sons.