How the world was : a California childhood / Emmanuel Guibert ; [English translation by Kathryn Pulver].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guibert, Emmanuel, author.

Standardized Title:

Enfance d'Alan. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Cope, Alan Ingram, 1925-1999--Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.

Cope, Alan Ingram.

Cope, Alan Ingram, 1925-1999.

Manners and customs.

California--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

California.

California--Social life and customs--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Biographies.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : First Second, 2014.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1596436646

9781596436640

OCLC:

881023019

Publisher Number:

99960495663