{"product_id":"once-upon-a-town-the-miracle-of-the-north-platte-canteen","title":"Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen","description":"In search of \"the best America there ever was,\" bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons.\nDuring World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen.\nEvery day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen—staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers—was open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended.\nIn this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006008197X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.006008197X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Greene, Bob\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wear—creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52599112401183,"sku":"PKV.006008197X.A","price":3.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/006008197X-0.jpg?v=1780853270","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/once-upon-a-town-the-miracle-of-the-north-platte-canteen","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}