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How the World Was: A California Childhood

$19.99

by Emmanuel Guibert

A lyrical, touching portrait, How the World Was is a gift for a dear friend in the last moments of his life… and also a meditation on the birth of modern America.

First Second
ISBN: 9781596436640
SKU: 9781596436640 Categories: , Product ID: 40833

Description

In 1994, French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert befriended an American veteran named Alan Cope and began creating his new friend’s graphic biography. Alan’s War was the surprising and moving result: the story of Cope’s experiences as an American GI in France during World War II.

How the World Was is Emmanuel Guibert’s moving return to documenting the life of his friend. Cope died several years ago, as Guibert was just beginning work on this book, but Guibert has kept working to commit his friend’s story to paper. Cope grew up in California during the great depression, and this remarkable graphic novel details the little moments that make a young man’s life…while capturing the scope of America during the great depression.

A lyrical, touching portrait, How the World Was is a gift for a dear friend in the last moments of his life… and also a meditation on the birth of modern America.

160 page partial color paperback
First Second, 2014

Diamond Code: JUN141260

Additional information

Weight 13 oz
Dimensions 9.25 × 4.75 × 0.5 in