Over Here!: New York City During World War II
&#8220;I loved this book and all the great memories it captured.&#8221; (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)&#8220;Lorraine Diehl has done it again. This is an evocative look at New York City during the Second World War; it is an enthusiastic, personal, immensely entertaining book, and a story about a city joining together to overcome the greatest challenge of the 20th Century. Brava!&#8221; (Ken Burns)Praise for THE LATE, GREAT PENNSYLVANIA STATION:&#8220;Diehl has now brought the station vividly back to life with a highly readable and beautifully illustrated tribute.&#8221; (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post)&#8220;Meticulously details the ignominy and economic folly that attended the destruction of one of New York&#8217;s most impressive public places.&#8221; (New York Times)&#8220;An effective protest against hasty and indiscriminate demolition.&#8221; (Atlantic Monthly)Diehl tells the story rich in detail, with intelligence and infectious&#151;though never blind&#151;enthusiasm.&#8221; (Christian Science Monitor)Praise for SUBWAYS:&#8220;A breezy historical overview, taking us back to the pre-subway days when the streets of New York were almost impassable . . . through the heroic days of underground tunnel construction and the nickel fare, we come to see why. . . the subway was the great emancipator. (New York Times Book Review)