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Prairie Forge: The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II

Prairie Forge: The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:James J. KimblePublish date:5/1/2014Pages:236
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803248786ISBN-10:803248784UPC:9780803248786Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United StatesBook Topic:World War II, State & LocalSize:8.98 x 6.17 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCE3S7CB92
2021 One Book One Nebraska selection 2015 Nebraska Book Award in Nonfiction: 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803248786ISBN-10:803248784UPC:9780803248786Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United StatesBook Topic:World War II, State & LocalSize:8.98 x 6.17 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCE3S7CB92
James J. Kimble is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University. He is the coproducer of Scrappers: How the Heartland Won World War II, a feature documentary on the 1942 scrap drives.

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James J. Kimble

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