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	Pearl Harbor The Day of Infamy - an Illustrated History By Dan van der Vat Basic Books/Madison Press Books Hardcover

		Left: A thick cloud of black smoke from the wreckage of U.S.S. Arizona fills the air during the height of the attack on Battleship Row. Burning oil from the stricken ship created a funeral pyre that dominated the sky over the harbor for hours afterward. C. 1941 (Photo credit: National Archives, 080-G-32424)
			Raising Fences A Black Man's Love Story By Michael Datcher Riverhead Books Hardcover "I'v been obsessed with being a husband and father since I was seven years old. Quiet as it's kept, many young black men have the same obsession. Picket-fence dreams...But we hid Huxtable-family dreams in the corner: can't let someone catch us hoping that hard." - from Raising Fences When Michael Datcher was growing up in inner-city Los Angeles, fatherlessness was the one thing he had in common with all of his friends. They watched their mothers return home exhausted after working overtime to put food on the table, and struggled with their anger at the way things were - the endless cycle of black children born out of wedlock; young black men treated as criminals until they became just that; women who didn't have to speak the words to let them know the truth: Men were not to be trusted. As a young man, having already committed petty theft, experimented with sex, and developed a mortal fear of police officers, Michael Datcher wondered who he would become and whether his dream of a loving wife and children would ever be realized. Raising Fences is his dramatic story of faith lost and regained, of false starts, of the kinds of anger and fear that can - and cannot - be overcome. It is a powerful case for fathers, for family, for racial communication and understanding. And it is also a love story of uncommon courage, told with warmth and humor by a poet and journalist who spent his young adulthood raising fences to protect himself from what he wanted most, and then watched his dream splinter - until he received a second chance to make good on a promise to himself.
PEARL HARBOR brings alive—through photographs, illustrations, first-person narratives, and more—December 7, 1941, that momentous day that Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed "A day that will live in infamy." It is the one date from the Second World War that almost every American knows by heart. No other battle of the Pacific War was better documented in photographs than was Pearl Harbor. Everyone has seen some of these images, but few are aware of just how many there are—including many that have never been published. Official government photographers were busy that morning, but so were countless service personnel and shocked civilians. Even the Japanese army photographed their preparation and the launch of the attack fleet. The visual record of the day includes not just stunning black-and-white shots but also vivid color photos showing the American fleet under attack and burning. PEARL HARBOR makes lavish use of these historical photos to vividly re-create what it felt like to be there during every key moment of the battle. A compelling narrative by noted naval historian Dan Van der Vat explains the causes and background of the attack. Moving first-person reminiscences of persons who were there—Japanese and Americans, military and civilians, adults and children—give the pictures even greater immediacy. The book includes more than 250 images, including many never-beforepublished photographs. Lavishly Illustrated, it is enhanced with specially commissioned paintings, maps and dimensional diagrams. And it includes ripping narratives, including first-person accounts that capture the drama of the moment. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dan Van der Vat has written extensively on the sea and World War II, in such books as Stealth at Sea: The History of the Submarine and The Good Nazi: The Life and Lies of Albert Speer. His book The Pacific Campaign is one of the liveliest and best general histories of the Japanese-American conflict during World War II. This website: Copyright © 2000 Studio Q Int'l Inc / Urban Mozaik Magazine. All rights reserved. This website/publication, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher or the previous publisher of original republished materials.