Home Front Girl
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Published:
[United States] : Chicago Review Press, 2012.
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eBook
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1 online resource (272 pages)
Lexile measure:
840L
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Description
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 and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and ruminates about the impending war, daily headlines, and major touchstones of the era FDRs radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Citizen Kane, Churchill and Hitler, war work and Red Cross meetings. Included are Joan's charming doodles of her latest dress or haircut reflective of the era. Home Front Girl is not only an entertaining and delightful read but also an important primary source a vivid account of a real American girls lived experiences.
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English
ISBN:
9781613744604, 1613744609
Lexile measure:
840
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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 and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and ruminates about the impending war, daily headlines, and major touchstones of the era FDRs radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Citizen Kane, Churchill and Hitler, war work and Red Cross meetings. Included are Joan's charming doodles of her latest dress or haircut reflective of the era. Home Front Girl is not only an entertaining and delightful read but also an important primary source a vivid account of a real American girls lived experiences.
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Morrison, J. W. (2012). Home Front Girl. Chicago Review Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Morrison, Joan Wehlen. 2012. Home Front Girl. Chicago Review Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Morrison, Joan Wehlen, Home Front Girl. Chicago Review Press, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Morrison, Joan Wehlen. Home Front Girl. Chicago Review Press, 2012.
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