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
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