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In this moving graphic biography, French illustrator Emmanuel Guibert records the life story of his friend Alan Cope, an American veteran who served in France during World War II. The book traces Cope’s early years in California amid the Great Depression, capturing the small moments that shaped his youth and the broader social life of the era. Guibert’s careful sketches and narrative detail honor Cope’s memory while offering insight into the everyday experiences of a generation marked by hardship and war.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Emmanuel Guibert
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