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Over here, how the G.I. bill transformed the American dream, Edward Humes

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Over here, how the G.I. bill transformed the American dream, Edward Humes

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eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Over here

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Edward Humes

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how the G.I. bill transformed the American dream

Summary

Extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever by landmark legislation-and how they went on to change the country. Inspiring war stories are familiar. But what about after-the-war stories? From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Over Here is the Greatest Generation's after-the-war story-vivid portraits of how the original G.I. Bill empowered an entire generation and reinvented the nation. The G.I. Bill opened college education to the masses, transformed America from a nation of renters into a nation of homeowners, and enabled an era of prosperity never before seen in the world. Doctors, teachers, engineers, researchers, and Nobel Prize winners who had never considered college an option rewrote the American Dream thanks to this most visionary legislation

Target audience

adult

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How the G.I. bill transformed the American dream

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