{"product_id":"new-path-book-linda-s-ferber-9780805207804","title":"New Path","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book-length account of a story too long overlooked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaro Solis wanted to win a gold star for his mother. He succeeded--as did seven other sons of Little Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Street in Silvis, Illinois, was a poor neighborhood during the Great Depression that had become home to Mexicans fleeing revolution in their homeland. In 1971 it was officially renamed Hero Street to commemorate its claim to the highest per-capita casualty rate from any neighborhood during World War I. Marc Wilson now tells the story of this community and the young men it sent to fight for their adopted country.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHero Street, U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to recount a saga too long overlooked in histories and television documentaries. Interweaving family memories, soldiers' letters, historical photographs, interviews with relatives, and firsthand combat accounts, Wilson tells the compelling stories of nearly eighty men from three dozen Second Street homes who volunteered to fight for their country in World War I and Korea--and of the eight, including Claro Solis, who never came back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs debate swirls around the place of Mexican immigrants in contemporary American society, this book shows the price of citizenship willingly paid by the sons of earlier refugees. With \u003cem\u003eHero Street, U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e, Marc Wilson not only makes an important contribution to military and social history but also acknowledges the efforts of the heroes of Second Street to realize the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49521312989457,"sku":"GOR007653515","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0805207805.jpg?v=1751395197","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/new-path-book-linda-s-ferber-9780805207804","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}