The Home Front: Life in America During World War II by Audible OriginalMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a collection of podcasts. The audio is a fascinating glimpse into WW II life stateside, largely around women coming into their own: jobs and pants! This is largely presented in oral history from interviews with people that staffed aircraft factories and the women that flew them stateside only when they were not being sabotaged and killed in the attempt. Another part of this era I did not know of was WW I atrocity propaganda that was recalled then and made it difficult to believe stories of the Nazi holocaust and other terrors. There is also exploration of racial unrest at the time including an exploration of the zoot suit riots.
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