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Home Front Girl : A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen Morrison; Susan Signe Morrison is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Wednesday, December 10, 1941__“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.”__This 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, __Goodbye Mr. Chips__ and __Citizen Kane__, 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....

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Author

Joan Wehlen Morrison; Susan Signe Morrison

Publisher

Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781613744574

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.27 / 5 (123 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14