The 40s: The Story of a Decade

By The New Yorker

Categories: History

The 40s: The Story of a Decade (2014) is an anthology from The New Yorker, edited by Henry Finder. It gathers pieces the magazine published during the 1940s, covering World War II, its aftermath and the cultural life of the decade. Highlights include John Hersey's Hiroshima, first published in 1946, and his 1944 account of Lieutenant John F. Kennedy's wartime heroism. Reporting, fiction, criticism and humor from the period sit alongside new reflections by the magazine's staff writers.

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• Larry King: “.@NewYorker - Just got the new book 'The 40s: The Story of a Decade' - great reading!”