{"product_id":"home-front-girl-joan-wehlen-morrison-9780912777863","title":"Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA primary account of teenage life in the Great Depression and prewar era retrieved from history\u003c\/b\u003e Wednesday, December 10, 1941: \u003ci\u003e\"Hitler speaks to Reichstag tomorrow. We just heard the first casualty lists over the radio. . . . Lots of boys from Michigan and Illinois. Oh my God  . . . Life goes on though. We read our books in the library and eat lunch, bridge, etc. Phy. Sci. and Calculus. Darn Descartes. Reading Walt Whitman now.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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--FDR's radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Mr. Chips \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eHome Front Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis not only an entertaining and delightful read but an important primary source--a vivid account of a \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e American girl's lived experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Wehlen Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0912777869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780912777863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Joan Wehlen Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451033604351,"sku":"9780912777863","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d8270a6-db60-4b59-a915-f9ff0a3c08af.jpg?v=1735876234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-front-girl-joan-wehlen-morrison-9780912777863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}