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Author Barr, Gary, 1951-

Title World War II home front / Gary E. Barr.

Publication Info. Chicago : Heinemann Library, [2004]
©2004
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1009749~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 940.53 BAR    AVAILABLE
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Description 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Series Witness to history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index.
Contents How do we know? -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Conducting the war -- Recruiting efforts -- Women's Air Force Service pilots -- Financing the war -- Advertising the war -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Factory production -- Women on the home front -- Farm production -- Victory gardens -- Rationing -- In the cities -- The family -- Children -- African Americans -- Mistreatment of ethnic groups -- The media -- Sports and entertainment -- The atomic bomb -- Victory -- What have we learned? -- Timeline.
Summary Provides an overview of what life was like in the United States during World War II.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 1403445710
1403445796 (pbk.)
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