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American Dreams: 'A Time to Be Born' by Dawn Powell

War and Peace

One of the greatest American war novels doesn’t have a single gun, yet Dawn Powell’s A Time to Be Born truly captures the viciousness and madness of the homefront during World War II. Nathaniel Rich on a wicked 1942 satire for his 'American Dreams' series.

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