Four Freedoms

from kenf

One of Crowley's clearest and most compelling novels ever. Eschewing the multi-level baroque storylines of his more fantasy-oriented work, he tells the story of a bunch of misfits gathered in a midwestern company town to build a new bomber. The evocation of the privations and mood of WW2 America ...

from VisibleGhost

John Crowley is not an undiscovered author but he is an underappreciated one. His subtle airy style is one that is not easily duplicated. It works well in the fantasy genre he has traditionally plied. Four Freedoms is not fantasy, it's historical fiction. His underlying style is still there with ...

from ScottDDanielson

In January 1941, during a State of the Union Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered four fundamental freedoms that everyone ought to be able to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In December of that year, the Japanese attacked Pearl ...

from veevoxvoom

Summary: At the height of World War II, those Americans who aren't fighting overseas are entering the work force back home. At the Van Damme airplane factory, four people converge: Prosper, a disabled man, Connie, a single mom, Vi, a softball pitcher, and Diane, a pregnant woman married to a pilo...

from mojomomma

Crowley's story is centered around the Van Damme Aero factory, which is hurriedly thrown up in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the early 1940s to produce giant aircraft for the war effort. There are a number of characters who come from all over to work at the factory and earn some money--the Great Depres...