ABOUT THE BOOK................
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About the Paper Shack |
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demonstrating the historically correct setting and events that occurred in Litchfield Nebraska, Sunnyside Utah, and World War II from 1940 to 1945. Living in Utah in 2002, I was able to drive to Sunnyside and map out the area. I spent one year researching World War II, the war effort, and life in the United States during this period for Americans of every race and religion. Many people have asked me if Japanese Americans helped with the war effort in Sunnyside, Utah. The answer is yes. The Utah Historical Association and the Western Mining & Railroad Museum in Price, Utah provided invaluable information on the history of Sunnyside, the diverse culture of the region, and the coke ovens. The fiction component of The Paper Shack exists only in the Schumacher characters and the others they met along the way. I based the Schumacher’s on members of my extended family. However, 70 to 80% of their actions are completely fictional. I researched the typical family values and norms of the 1940’s, and added quite a bit more drama. I mean no disrespect to my ancestors and others who were simply doing their best to put food on the table and survive the depression, not to mention World War II. My father, who spent his early childhood in a Sunnyside paper shack during the War Effort, is now a retired dentist. He granted me numerous interviews and the gift of creative license in character expansion, especially with Carl and the Schumacher’s. My grandparents have both passed away; however, the legend of The Paper Shack was often discussed at family gatherings. I wrote this book in honor of my father and his family’s triumph over such adversity while maintaining their love for each other. They all are an inspiration to me, and many others. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Bibliography 1940s Era, Growing up in the 1940s Baker, Patricia. Fashion of a Decade. The 1940s. New York, NY:, 1992. Baker, Russell. Growing Up.New York, NY: Penguin Putnam, Inc.,1982. Bickham, Jack. Setting. 1994. Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. Random House, 1998. Hallmark Entertainment. The Little Rascals Vol. 18. Santa Monica, CA: Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1936. Hallmark Entertainment. The Little Rascals Vol. 11. Santa Monica, CA: Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1936. Hallmark Entertainment. The Little Rascals Vol 14. Santa Monica, CA: Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1936. Hickman, Homer. We Are Not Afraid. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Publications. Wood, Tim. The 1940s. New York, NY: Watts, 1990. World War II Barrett Littoff, Judy. Since You went Away: World War II Letters from American Women on the Home Front. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. David, Kati. A Child’s War: World War II Through the Eyes of Children. Four Walls Eight Windows, 1989. Hadler, Susan. Lost in the Victory: Reflections of American War Orphans of WW II. 1998. Isserman, Maurice. World War II. 1991. Loy, Rosetta. First Words: A Childhood in Fascist Italy. New York, NY. Palmer Hoyt, Edwin. The GI’s War: American Soldiers. 1988. Sunnyside, Utah, and LDS Heritage O’Neil, Floyd. History of Carbon County. Turner, Paul. Sunnyside Memories. Ritchfield, UT: Village Marketing, 1998. Various. Western Mining and Railroad Musuem. Salt Lake City, UT. Various. Utah Historical Society. Salt Lake City, UT. Japan and Japanese Heritage Erricker, Clive. Buddhism. Lincolnwood, IL: Teach Yourself Books, 1995. Erricker, Clive. Buddhist Festivals. Crystal Lake, NY: Heinemen Library, 1997. Horvat, Andrew. Japanese Beyond Words. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2000. Jones, David. Martial Arts Training in Japan. Boston, MA: Tuttle Publications, 2001. Newton, David. Tokyo. New York, NY: Maxwell Macmillan Intl., 1992. Pluckrose, Henry. Japan. New York, NY: Franklin Watts, 1998. Scheck, Frank. Buddhism. Happauge, NY: Barrons, 1999. Walker, Richard. Japan. New York, NY: 1993. Wood, Angela. Buddhist Temple. London: Franklin Watts, 1998. Zona, Guy. Even Withered Trees Give Prosperity to the Mountain. New York, NY: Simon & Shuster, 1996. Other References Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir from Truth to Art. 1997. ”Nebraska.” Encylopedia Britannica. “Farm and Farming.” Encylopedia Britannica. Photos Sunnyside Explosion of 1945. http://www3.gendisasters.com/taxonomy_menu/4/173 Various. http://wmrrm.org/sunnyside.html |