03133nam 2200685 450 991078929630332120230803201928.00-8032-5416-40-8032-5415-6(CKB)3710000000093237(EBL)1653648(SSID)ssj0001136220(PQKBManifestationID)11623808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001136220(PQKBWorkID)11103977(PQKB)10688576(MiAaPQ)EBC1653648(OCoLC)874029820(MdBmJHUP)muse32506(Au-PeEL)EBL1653648(CaPaEBR)ebr10850031(CaONFJC)MIL582625(OCoLC)874097677(EXLCZ)99371000000009323720140329h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrairie forge the extraordinary story of the Nebraska scrap metal drive of World War II /James J. Kimble ; designed by N. PutensLincoln, [Nebraska] :University of Nebraska Press,2014.©20141 online resource (408 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-4878-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Home front, battlefront -- The scrap deficit; or how not to win a war -- Henry Doorly and the Nebraska plan -- Summertime scrapping in the city -- Mobilizing greater Nebraska -- The second-half comeback -- The Nebraska plan goes national -- Epilogue: home front, battlefront (revisited) -- Appendix: Nebraska county scrap results.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 chroSalvage (Waste, etc.)United StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945NebraskaWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsUnited StatesScrap metalsRecyclingNebraskaHistory20th centurySalvage (Waste, etc.)NebraskaHistory20th centuryNebraskaHistory20th centurySalvage (Waste, etc.)HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsScrap metalsRecyclingHistorySalvage (Waste, etc.)History940.53/1Kimble James J.1966-1496453Putens N.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789296303321Prairie forge3721127UNINA