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PAPERBACK, fresh attractive copy, little used if at all. nicely INSCRIBED and SIGNED on title page, to recipients with first names onlly: a trip is an adventure. So is a good book. Enjoy. Simon Persweig. PERLSWEIG, SIMON I. Front porches to front lines: one small town's mobilization of men, women, manufacturing and money during World War I. Foreword by Dr. Yael Schacher, Ph.D.; introduction by Dr. Walter Woodward, Ph.D. Gales Ferry, CT: Husky Trail Press LLC, 2018, xxiii, 264pp., . World War One and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Two events which will always define the 1910s, a decade which saw great political and social change; a long list of disasters and a realignment of the global stage, something which would help define many of the subsequent events of the twentieth century. This book tells the story of how the citizens of one small New England town came together to confront these two wars and in doing so became one of the most generous towns when it came to contributing to the war effort in the form of Liberty Loans, war gardens, and war supplies as well as dozens of soldiers, Red Cross nurses and civilian workers such as machinists - CONTENTS: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction - Prelude to War - Courtship - United States Declares War - Letters - Winter 1917-18 - Cantigny and Points East - The Final Push - Thanksgiving on the Homefront - The Flu: A New War - Springfield: A Case for Two Wars - Soldiers' Letters: A Healthy Distraction - Thanksgiving 1918: A Soldier's Feast - Armistice Signed, Wars Not Over - 1919 Afterword WWI Advertisements, Literature and Posters WWI Era Letters Glossary Works Cited Endnotes - Index. ISBN 9781935258520. Seller Inventory # 97489
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