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Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II

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Availability:In StockContributor:James H. MadisonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-11-04Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253221070ISBN-10:253221072UPC:9780253221070Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.90 x 6.48 x 0.89 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SC2SKE8PRM

Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II

Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home--American girls with whom the boys could talk, flirt, dance, and perhaps find companionship. Usually the job was not hazardous--except when V-1 and...

Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253221070ISBN-10:253221072UPC:9780253221070Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.90 x 6.48 x 0.89 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SC2SKE8PRM

James H. Madison is Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America and other books. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.


Publisher: Indiana University Press

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