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Slacks and Calluses: Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
Slacks and Calluses Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
Author: Constance Bowman Reid, Clara Marie Allen
The classic, firsthand account of two women who assembled B-24 bombers during WWII. — In 1943, two spirited, young teachers decided to do their part for the war effort by spending their summer vacation working the swing shift on a B-24 production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Entering a male-dominated realm of welding torches and bomb ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560983682
ISBN-10: 156098368X
Publication Date: 10/17/2004
Pages: 182
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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This book taught me what it was like day in day out in a wartime factory. The few illustrations are pertinent to the story.
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Enlightening and entertaining look at the changing world two female teachers found themselves in when they hired on for a summer to work the swing shift on a B-24 production line at a San Diego bomber plant in 1943.


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