Everybody Slept Here

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Author: Elliott ArnoldPublisher: Signet 735 Year: 1949 Print: 1 Cover Price: $Condition: Good Plus Genre: Fiction/History/GGA/War Pages: 191 Elliott Arnold’s Everybody Slept Here i s a tragi-comic account of Washington, D.C. during World War Two. Arnold’s descriptions of how the sleepy Southern capitol coped with a huge influx of people brought in by a government engaged in a global Industrial Age war will remind some readers of David Brinkley’s best-selling Washington at War. The atmosphere in both books is much the same. Housing is beyond a premium. Privileges and perks are as much a part of the everyday economy as dollars and cents. Enthusiastic idealists, opportunistic fixers, and effete society dames all find themselves jostled together in the best restaurants and the lowest dives. And as could be expected of any place with a large temporary population with some idle hours and spending money, more than the usual amount of booze and sex can be had. Show more