Isbn: 9780803248786 - prairie forge: the extraordinary story of the nebraska scrap metal drive of world war ii (18 risultati)

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 2021 One Book One Nebraska selection 2015 Nebraska Book Award inNonfiction: Nebraska Spirit, from Nebraska Center for the Book In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly slowed the program's momentum, and arms production fell dangerously behind schedule. The country needed scrap metal.Henry Doorly, publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, had the solution. Prairie Forge tells the story of the great Nebraska scrap drive of 1942-a campaign that swept the nation and yielded five million tons of scrap metal, literally salvaging the war effort itself. James J. Kimble chronicles Doorly's conception of a fierce competition pitting county against county, business against business, and, in schools across the state, class against class-inspiring Nebraskans to gather 67,000 tons of scrap metal in only three weeks. This astounding feat provided the template for a national drive. A tale of plowshares turned into arms, Prairie Forge gives the first full account of how home became home front for so many civilians. …

Condizione: New. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly slowed the program s momentum, and arms production fell dangerously behind schedule. This book tells the story of the grea.

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