Prairie forge : the extraordinary story of the Nebraska scrap metal drive of World War II / / James J. Kimble ; designed by N. Putens
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| Autore: |
Kimble James J. <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Prairie forge : the extraordinary story of the Nebraska scrap metal drive of World War II / / James J. Kimble ; designed by N. Putens
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, [Nebraska] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.53/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Salvage (Waste, etc.) - United States - History - 20th century |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Nebraska | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Scrap metals - Recycling - Nebraska - History - 20th century | |
| Salvage (Waste, etc.) - Nebraska - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Nebraska History 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PutensN |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 chro |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Prairie forge |
| ISBN: | 0-8032-5416-4 |
| 0-8032-5415-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464691103321 |
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