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Home Front Girl
Morrison, Joan Wehlen. Ed(S): Morrison, Susan Signe
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Description for Home Front Girl
Editor(s): Morrison, Susan Signe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b/w photos & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJG; 3JJH; 5AN; YNH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Literary Classics Gold Medal in Historical Young Adult
Literary Classics Words on Wings Young Adult Book Award
Literary Classics Gold Medal in Historical Young Adult
Literary Classics Words on Wings Young Adult Book Award
Wednesday, December 10, 1941
“Hitler speaks to Reichstag tomorrow. We just heard the first casualty lists over the radio. . . . Lots of boys from Michigan and Illinois. Oh my God! . . . Life goes on though. We read our books in the library and eat lunch, bridge, etc. Phy. Sci. and Calculus. Darn Descartes. Reading Walt Whitman now.”
This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression ... Read more
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Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781613744574
SKU
V9781613744574
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99-30
About Morrison, Joan Wehlen. Ed(S): Morrison, Susan Signe
Joan Wehlen Morrison was adjunct professor of history at the New School for Social Research and the coauthor and editor of American Mosaic: The Immigrant Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It and From Camelot to Kent State: The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived It. Susan Signe Morrison is a professor of English literature ... Read more
Reviews for Home Front Girl
"An important and refreshingly engaging word painting of a far more innocent time in U.S. history. Home Front Girl is all about the thrill of being young, of questioning, and dreaming ... and how those dreams can so easily begin to shatter under the crush of impending world events. The perspective here could not be more pure. Recommended!" ... Read more