Product Description: World War II: A History in Documents illustrates the major themes and issues of the Second World War, including its causes, course, and consequences. Paying attention to both the European and Pacific Theaters--as well as to homefront and battle front issues--author James H...read more

Product Description: Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home -- American girls with whom the boys could talk, flirt, dance, and perhaps find companionship...read more

Product Description: Eli Lilly's long life entended over a wide range of endeavors in which he made major contributions. Under his active leadership, the pharmaceutical company he joined in 1907 evolved into one of America's most successful big businesses...read more

Product Description: American GIs who participated in the invasions of such far-flung Pacific Ocean locations as New Georgia, Makin, Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok during World War II could always count on a blistering reception from the Japanese forces defending those isles...read more

After being accused of killing a young white man and sexually abusing his girlfriend, three black teenagers were dragged from the jail by an angry mob, who lynched two of the teens, in a powerful true account that delves into race, justice, and history in America. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: "Good places are shaped by the gifts of nature and by the labor and love of many people over generations. The city of Bloomington, tucked away in the forested hills of southern Indiana, is one such place. Three of us who have worked here, played here, reared children here, and set our roots right down to the limestone bedrock made this book to chronicle and celebrate our home town...read more

Product Description: "The 12 assessments of Wendell Willkie in this book are exceptionally well done. They are interesting reading about a most interesting man." -- The Coffeyville (KS) Journal"... a remarkable and useful compilation of essays...read more

Product Description: "This is a splendid example of how to write well balanced, highly readable state history." -- The Old Northwest"Madison has succeeded as have few other authors of state histories in blending modern scholarly concerns with the traditional narrative historiography of his state...read more

Product Description: "... an impressive collection of essays... gives as clear a picture of the Midwest as a whole as one is likely to get." -- Journal of American History"... excellent insight into how and why the midwest ticks so well in a unique beat of its own...read more

Product Description: This volume traces the state’s history through the "disrupters" of the 1920s, the "relief and reform" of the 1930s, and the dislocations of World War II. Volume 5 of The History of Indiana.