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They Called It the War Effort : Oral Histories from World War II Orange, Texas /

Over the course of World War II, Orange, Texas's easternmost city, went from a sleepy southern town of 7,500 inhabitants to a bustling industrial city of 60,000. The bayou community on the Sabine became one of the nation's preeminent shipbuilding centers. In They Called It the War Effort,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fairchild, Louis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton : Texas State Historical Association, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Over the course of World War II, Orange, Texas's easternmost city, went from a sleepy southern town of 7,500 inhabitants to a bustling industrial city of 60,000. The bayou community on the Sabine became one of the nation's preeminent shipbuilding centers. In They Called It the War Effort, Louis Fairchild details the explosive transformation of his native city in the words of the people who lived through it. Some residents who lived in the town before the war speak of nostalgia for the time when Orange was a small, close-knit community and regret for the loss of social cohesivene.
Physical Description:1 online resource (500 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780876112595