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Serious. So i turned on the radio. And there was this i think we only had one or two radio stations. Kgu. Edwards was the announcer. I can still remember his name. He is screaming into the mic get off the streets take cover were under attack by japanese planes and i never forget this. He says, this is the real mccoy because the whole thing was just surreal. It just. You know the fact when i heard the announcement that were being attacked by japanese planes, you know, i felt like id been hit with a piece of shrapnel. You know it was just total shock. And utter disbelief and denial. There was a tinge of, you might say, depression at the prospect that gee, what is going to happen to anyone who is of japanese ancestry . But my overall reaction was one of anger, just consuming anger which stayed with me for the rest of the war. And i was so angry that i said to myself, if i ever come across a japanese soldier, im gonna knock him down and beat him up and kick him in the groin. Three years, a ....
Week. Xt people would just walk right across the street, two weeks theydraduation, and have a job. And when i was going to school, fumesmber inhaling paint as i ran on the track. There was there was just this sweetish chemical order. Seeing workers standing on the balconies, during friday night football games, watching from across the street. Of course, there was a bar from every entrance. Introduction to the immigrant,ut an because an american consul told him the most jobs were in figured that was the most promising place. By the time i started high school, the Unemployment Rate in 14 . Gan was and one of our chemistry hishers used to begin classes by telling us, it used to be that you didnt have to study here, because you could just walk across the street and get a good job. But those days are over. To you guys are gonna have study hard and go to college. So i studied hard and i went to college. Get after that, i didnt good j ....
For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. Now on booktv, Edward Mcclelland reports on Americas Industrial midwest, also known as the rust belt. The author examines the regions oncepowerful Manufacturing Centers and how their demise has resulted in the exodus of local populations in search of employment. Its about an hour. [applause] thank you. That was a really good introduction because it segways right into what i wanted to talk about at the beginning which was the fisher body plant in its heyday. It was, i went to high School Across the street from the fisher body plant in lansing, michigan, and it was perfectly integrated into the industrial life of the state. The high school was part of the supply chain. It would provide the workers for industrial ....
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Wrote this their diaries, saw Charles Dickens in the street today. This is what he looks like. And you could follow their descriptions, which was great. I used him partly because it was the 200th anniversary, and my publisher taught it would be a great idea, but that was a little part. What he actually said to me was all your books are a disguised love letter to dickens, why dont you just let your head go and really use him . So i did. Host was he right . Guest he was right. Host why . Guest i think dickens was one of the greatest writers ever. Horrible man. Horrible man. But one of the greatest writers ever. I reread his books more than almost anything. Host is there a typical, for that book, is there a typical life that you can describe, a victorian life . Guest um, i think that the typical lives, if you want, are the lives of what in those days would have either been called the working poor or the lower middle classes. One of ....