Description: "Our Mothers' War", American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II, by Emily Yellin. Copyright 2004 by the author. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. First Edition, coded First Printing. NOT Ex-Library. ISBN 0-7432-4514-8. Note - the photos you see are of this volume - no 'Stock Photos' - we never use them. A tight firm book in Very Good condition in scarlet/blue/bright shiny silver gilt-lettered hard boards and in a Very Good Dust Jacket, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 448 clean, bright white pages of splendid text by a fine author. Signed on the title page - "Mom, (Esther) / Happy Mother's / Day. /Enjoy this. / Emily Yellin".Emily Yellin (born 1961) was raised in Memphis Tennessee, graduated Northwestern University, wrote extensively for the New York Times and other publications. Here is her book, based on her Mother's diary and letters home from Saipan and other battle fronts. Here she writes on the real women behind the female images of World War II:Women in war plants;Mothers and wives sending their husbands and sons off to war and sometimes death;Women finally joining the military for the first time in American history;Women in battle zones in Europe, Africa and the Pacific;Women coping with Rationing;Female Spies, Pilots, Movie Stars;Baseball players, politicians, prostitutes, journalists, fictional characters;Wives of Los Alamos scientists, Africans who faced racism, Japanese-Americans locked into concentration camps so European-americans could steal their lands and businesses. A book in Very Good condition in tight firm hard boards and a Good dust jacket. No looseness, No mustiness, No smoke smell. No names, No other markings, No bookplates, NOT Ex-Library, NOT Remainder-marked. Found in a 200-year old farmhouse library - they kept all of their books and collectible papers - we have moved eight pickup truckloads of paper to our eBay store for distribution to the eBay world. All of those books and papers are being dispersed to you today and in the near future. We do try to describe them correctly - We want you back as a customer - hundreds of repeat customers. Splendid for the parent or grandparent, reader, historian, student, collector. Check out our eBay store - Navalperson 2 - Navalperson Books and More from Bob - 1,600 and more items for you there. Buy with confidence - over 30,000 satisfied Internet buyers can't be all wrong!! Don't let this one get by you - this is an historic find.
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Location: Ashland, Ohio
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed By: Signed by the author
Book Title: Our Mother's War American Women and World War II
Book Series: Yellin series
Original Language: English
Item Length: 6.25 in
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover and Dust Jacket
Language: English
Item Height: 9.5 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Author-signed
Unit Quantity: 1
Topic: Women, Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century
Item Width: 1.5 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Free Press
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2004
Literary Movement: Realism
Era: 2000s
Illustrator: Period photos
Author: Emily Yellin
Genre: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 23 oz
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
