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Author Earhart, H. Byron, author.

Title At Grandma's House The World War II Homefront in Havana, Illinois
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (282 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prolog -- Chapter 1. Last One Home's a Rotten Egg -- Chapter 2. Corn Cobs, Coal, and Ice -- Chapter 3. Pucka-pucka-pucka -- Chapter 4. Mrs. America, "The Weaker Sex?" -- Chapter 5. Rosie the Riveter -- Chapter 6. For the Duration -- Chapter 7. Rationing and the OPA -- Chapter 8. Victory Garden -- Chapter 9. "I'll Wring Your Neck" -- Chapter 10. Homefront Battles -- Chapter 11. "Blow Your -" -- Chapter 12. Orphan Annie and Junior Commandos -- Chapter 13. Savings Stamps and Snake Dances -- Chapter 14. Convoys and Bivouacs
Chapter 15. One-Armed Bandits in Little Reno -- Chapter 16. Cornfield Soldiers, Happy Civilians, and Singing POWs -- Chapter 17. Red Ryder -- Chapter 18. A Make-Believe Sword and Ostrich Feathers -- Chapter 19. "Just a Stone's Throw from Church" -- Chapter 20. By the River -- Chapter 21. Gone Fishin' -- Chapter 22. The Ball of String -- Chapter 23. Bell Bottom Trousers -- Chapter 24. Ink and Blood, Life and Death -- Chapter 25. Editorials: I, We, and WE-ALL -- Chapter 26. Bad News and Good News-Cookies, and Valentines -- Chapter 27. Cartoons and Submarines
Chapter 28. The USO: Coffee, Cookies, and Dancing -- Chapter 29. A Flag, New Shoes, and Blisters -- Chapter 30. 1,760,000 Baskets of Dirt -- Chapter 31. "Turn the Lights Out!" -- Chapter 32. A Japanese Sword and a Panama Hat -- Chapter 33. The Empty Rocking Chair -- Chapter 34. Prewar, Wartime, Postwar . . . and More War -- Ideas for Exploring the Homefront in Talks and Papers -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Other Titles by H. Byron Earhart -- Back Cover
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Earhart, H. Byron -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Havana
Earhart, H. Byron -- Family
World War, 1939-1945 -- Illinois -- Havana
Families
Homes
SUBJECT Havana (Ill.) -- History
Subject Illinois -- Havana
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0809370085
9780809370085