FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
will present an author talk
and book signing with
former White House aide
and U.S. Ambassador
Frank Lavin author of
HOME FRONT TO BATTLEFRONT:
AN OHIO TEENAGER IN WORLD WAR II
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present an author talk and book signing with
former White House aide and U.S. Ambassador Frank Lavin author of HOME FRONT TO BATTLEFRONT: AN OHIO TEENAGER IN WORLD WAR II, on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. The program will begin at 4:00 p.m. in Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. Following the presentation, Lavin will be available to sign copies of his book.
This is a free public event but registration is required. Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or CLICK HERE to register.
Synopsis:
Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native was eighteen when he enlisted, a decision that would take him with the U.S. Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge.
HOME FRONT TO BATTLEFRONT is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home -- all in the same day. The book is based on personal letters and recollections, official military history and private papers.
This book contributes the rich details of one soldier's experience to the broader literature on World War II. Lavin's adventures, in turn disarming and sobering, will appeal to general readers, veterans, educators, and students of the war. As a history, the book offers insight into the wartime career of a Jewish Ohioan in the military, from enlistment to training through overseas deployment. As a biography, it reflects the emotions and the role of the individual in a total war effort that is all too often thought of as a machine war in which human soldiers were merely interchangeable cogs.
Frank Lavin is the son of Carl Lavin. Frank has served as a U.S. ambassador, White House aide, banker, and trade negotiator. He currently works in business in China.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
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