Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Journey On The Home Front full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Journey On The Home Front ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Tim Healey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780276421204
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Life on the Home Front written by Tim Healey and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home defense; threat of war; bombings; nuclear fall-out. The way it was: a selection from daily life during World War II.
Author : Philip L. Aquila
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791440766
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Home Front Soldier written by Philip L. Aquila and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-03-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a multi-layered social history of a soldier and his Italian American family during World War II.
Author : Earl R. Beck
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143705
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Under the Bombs written by Earl R. Beck and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tribute to human resilience under extreme stress, both in response to the terror from the sky and to the sacrifices the Nazis imposed on their people.” —History Under the Bombs tells the story of the civilian population of German cities devastated by Allied bombing in World War II. These people went to work, tried to keep a home (though in many cases it was just a pile of rubble where a house once stood), and attempted to live life as normally as possible amid the chaos of war. Earl Beck also looks at the food and fuel rationing the German people endured and the problems of trying to make a public complaint while living in a totalitarian state. “An easily accessible ‘impressionistic description’ of life in Germany under Allied aerial bombardment . . . this evocative study captures the horror of war for a trapped population.” —Library Journal “The most vivid account available of what it was actually like to live under the bombings.” —Historian “Challenges the contention of Allied commanders that airpower was the ultimate key to victory and that it could have defeated the enemy by itself.” —America “A powerful study.” —American Historical Review “An enlightening, highly readable account of life in the war-ravaged Third Reich.” —Pineville Sun “A description of what it was like to live, work, suffer, and die in wartime Germany.” —The Historian
Author : Patti Davis
Publisher : Ivy Books
ISBN 13 : 9780804101103
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Home Front written by Patti Davis and published by Ivy Books. This book was released on 1987-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her touching and candidly autobiographical novel, Patti Davis, the daughter of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, tells the story of Beth Canfield and her coming of age in the America of the late '60s and early '70s. Over two months on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Author : Suzanne Hayes
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 146031316X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)
Download or read book I'll Be Seeing You written by Suzanne Hayes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I hope this letter gets to you quickly. We are always waiting, aren't we? Perhaps the greatest gift this war has given us is the anticipation…" It's January 1943 when Rita Vincenzo receives her first letter from Glory Whitehall. Glory is an effervescent young mother, impulsive and free as a bird. Rita is a sensible professor's wife with a love of gardening and a generous, old soul. Glory comes from New England society; Rita lives in Iowa, trying to make ends meet. They have nothing in common except one powerful bond: the men they love are fighting in a war a world away from home. Brought together by an unlikely twist of fate, Glory and Rita begin a remarkable correspondence. The friendship forged by their letters allows them to survive the loneliness and uncertainty of waiting on the home front, and gives them the courage to face the battles raging in their very own backyards. Connected across the country by the lifeline of the written word, each woman finds her life profoundly altered by the other's unwavering support. A collaboration of two authors whose own beautiful story mirrors that on the page, I'll Be Seeing You is a deeply moving union of style and charm. Filled with unforgettable characters and grace, it is a timeless celebration of friendship and the strength and solidarity of women.
Author : Alistair Cooke
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141904720
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Alistair Cooke's American Journey written by Alistair Cooke and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alistair Cooke, then a Washington correspondent for the Guardian, recognized a great story to be told in investigating at first hand the effects of the Second World War on America and the daily lives of Americans as they adjusted to radically new circumstances. Within weeks of the Pearl Harbor attack, Cooke set off with a reporter’s zeal on a circuit of the entire country to see what the war had done to people. He talked to everyone he encountered on his extensive trip, from miners to lumberjacks, to war-profiteers, to day-laborers, to local politicians – even the unfortunate Japanese-Americans who had been rapidly interned in stark, desert camps. This unique travelogue celebrates an important American character and the indomitable spirit of a nation that was to inspire Cooke’s reports and broadcasts for some sixty years.
Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1743294662
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Home Front written by Kristin Hannah and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid dependable marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way. They are unhappy and edging towards divorce. Then the Iraq war starts and an unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens, each must face their darkest fear and fight for the future of their family. An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on a single American family. Home Front is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness and the elusive nature of love.
Author : Julie McDonald Zander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976827214
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Life on the Home Front written by Julie McDonald Zander and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Franklin L. Lavin
Publisher : War and Society in North Ameri
ISBN 13 : 9780821422557
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Home Front to Battlefront written by Franklin L. Lavin and published by War and Society in North Ameri. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Front to Battlefront contributes the rich details of one soldier's experience to the broader literature on World War II, offering insight into the wartime career of a Jewish Ohioan in the military from enlistment to training through overseas deployment via personal letters, recollections, official military history, and more.
Author : Kirby Larson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781518252952
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Hula for the Home Front written by Kirby Larson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things at school have changed and at home Nanea's brother is talking about enlisting in the military; Nanea is having trouble coping with all these changes and turns to hula dancing to help her feel better.
Author : Ellena Matthews
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526162113
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Home front heroism written by Ellena Matthews and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home front heroism investigates how civilians were recognised and celebrated as heroic during the Second World War. Through a focus on London, this book explores how heroism was manufactured as civilians adopted roles in production, protection and defence, through the use of uniforms and medals, and through the way that civilians were injured and killed. This book makes a novel contribution to the study of heroism by exploring the spatial, material, corporeal and ritualistic dimensions of heroic representations. By tracing the different ways that home front heroism was cultivated on a national, local and personal level, this study promotes new ways of thinking about the meaning and value of heroism during periods of conflict. It will appeal to anyone interested in the social and cultural history of Second World War as well as the sociology and psychology of heroism.
Author : Willard D. Gray
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462841805
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at War written by Willard D. Gray and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When will the war finally come to an end? Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at War recounts the private ordeals of several families who bore the brunt of Americas war in Viet Nam. Their experiences, an ongoing tragedy since the last U.S. soldiers left Vietnamese soil, reveal the physical and psychological wounds of war wounds that dont discriminate between soldier and family. From the backwoods of Maine to the rugged wide open landscape of Montana, we meet a dozen soldiers and their families and hear their stories. Author Willard D. Gray knows the fallout firsthand. His oldest son spent two years and eighteen consecutive days in Viet Nam as a BAMC trained medic, most of his tour served in the bush or in the grist mill of an evac. hospital. When Willards son returned home in April 1970 without an honorable discharge, the Gray family endured several months of tension, anger, and disappointment. Tommy Gray had come home a completely changed young man. Exhaustive efforts by his family to upgrade his discharge status and remove the stigma placed upon him and those closest to him ultimately failed to reunite the family. But Willards crusade on behalf of his son soon grew to include others in the community who had also been traumatized and marginalized by the war. A national tragedy became a personal quest. Others who had been left to their own devices after the war, with no help from the government or their local communities, surely needed support.
Author : Julian M. Pleasants
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063841
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Home Front written by Julian M. Pleasants and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union. More than half of the land was rural. Over one-third of the farms had no electricity; only one in eight had a telephone. Illiteracy and a lack of education resulted in the highest rate of draft rejections of any state. The citizens desperately wanted higher living standards, and the war would soon awaken the Rip Van Winkle state to its fullest potential. Home Front traces the evolution of the people, customs, traditions, and attitudes, arguing that World War II was the most significant event in the history of modern North Carolina. Using oral history interviews, newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, historian Julian Pleasants explores the triumphs, hardships, and emotions of North Carolinians during this critical period. The Training and Selective Service Act of 1940 created over fifty new military bases in the state to train two million troops. Citizens witnessed German submarines sinking merchant vessels off the coast, struggled to understand and cope with rationing regulations, and used 10,000 German POWs as farm and factory laborers. The massive influx of newcomers reinvigorated markets--the timber, mineral, textile, tobacco, and shipbuilding industries boomed, and farmers and other manufacturing firms achieved economic success. Although racial and gender discrimination remained, World War II provided social and economic opportunities for black North Carolinians and for women to fill jobs once limited to men, helping to pave the way for the civil and women's rights movements that followed. The conclusion of World War II found North Carolina drastically different. Families had lost sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters. Despite all the sacrifices and dislocations, the once provincial state looked forward to a modern, diversified, and highly industrialized future.
Author : Jennifer Anne Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book On the Homefront written by Jennifer Anne Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Western Australians, World War II began as a 'phoney war', remote from their shores, but by 1942 the homefront faced the real threat of invasion, with the Japanese at the doorstep.
Author : Gerry Feld
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524578126
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)
Download or read book A Journey into War written by Gerry Feld and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My manuscript is a historical fiction novel. The story line follows a young Minnesota farm boy into the army after the outbreak of the war. It follows him through basic training, jump school, and then on into the war. The book covers the Normandy Invasionthe battle known as The Bridgeto far up into Holland and finally, the Battle of the Bulge. Throughout the book, I take the reader back to Minnesota so they may see how war affects family and friends on the home front. All the characters are fictional. However, all the military bases in the US and Europe are factual. Each battle my characters are involved in are accurate by timeline and locations. Anyone who is a student of the war or readers who love this genre should appreciate those facts. However, as the novel is a fictional work, I have taken literary license to add drama and hold-your-breath scenes throughout the story.
Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472827481
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Charlie Company's Journey Home written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home. The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp – the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors. These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come. Focusing in on just one company's experience of war and its eventual homecoming, Wiest shines a light on the shared experience of combat and both the darkness and resiliency of war's aftermath.
Author : Ramon Arredondo
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871953196
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)
Download or read book Maria's Journey written by Ramon Arredondo and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into the Mexican Revolution, Maria Perez entered an arranged marriage at age fourteen to Miguel Arredondo. The couple and their tiny daughter immigrated to the United States in the 1920s, living in a boxcar while Miguel worked for a Texas railroad and eventually settling in East Chicago, Indiana, where Miguel worked for Inland Steel. Their story includes much of early-twentieth-century America: the rise of unions, the plunge into the Great Depression, the patriotism of World War II, and the starkness of McCarthyism. It is flavored by delivery men hawking fruit and ice, street sports, and Saturday matinees that began with newsreels. Immigration status colors every scene, adding to their story deportation and citizenship, generational problems unique to new immigrants, and a miraculous message of hope.
