The Resource Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War, Julie Summers
Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War, Julie Summers
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The item Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War, Julie Summers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Soon to be a PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford). Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort. As members of the Women's Institute, an organization with a presence in a third of Britain's villages, they ran canteens and knitted garments for troops, collected tons of rosehips and other herbs to replace medicines that couldn't be imported, and advised the government on issues ranging from evacuee housing to children's health to postwar reconstruction. But they are best known for making jam: from produce they grew on every available scrap of land, they produced twelve million pounds of jam and preserves to feed a hungry nation. Home Fires, Julie Summers's fascinating social history of the Women's Institute during the war (when its members included the future Queen Elizabeth II along with her mother and grandmother), provides the remarkable and inspiring true story behind the upcoming PBS Masterpiece series that will be sure to delight fans of Call the Midwife and Foyle's War. Through archival material and interviews with current and former Women's Institute members, Home Fires gives us an intimate look at life on the home front during World War II"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
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- "First published as 'Jambusters' in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013"--Title-page verso
- "As seen on Masterpiece, PBS"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780143108450
- Label
- Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War
- Title
- Home fires
- Title remainder
- the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War
- Statement of responsibility
- Julie Summers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Soon to be a PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford). Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort. As members of the Women's Institute, an organization with a presence in a third of Britain's villages, they ran canteens and knitted garments for troops, collected tons of rosehips and other herbs to replace medicines that couldn't be imported, and advised the government on issues ranging from evacuee housing to children's health to postwar reconstruction. But they are best known for making jam: from produce they grew on every available scrap of land, they produced twelve million pounds of jam and preserves to feed a hungry nation. Home Fires, Julie Summers's fascinating social history of the Women's Institute during the war (when its members included the future Queen Elizabeth II along with her mother and grandmother), provides the remarkable and inspiring true story behind the upcoming PBS Masterpiece series that will be sure to delight fans of Call the Midwife and Foyle's War. Through archival material and interviews with current and former Women's Institute members, Home Fires gives us an intimate look at life on the home front during World War II"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Home fires (Television program : 2015-2016)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Summers, Julie
- Dewey number
- 940.53082
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1945
- LC item number
- .S86 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- National Federation of Women's Institutes
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War, Julie Summers
- Note
-
- "First published as 'Jambusters' in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013"--Title-page verso
- "As seen on Masterpiece, PBS"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxxi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143108450
- Lccn
- 2015024952
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn907657997
- (Sirsi) o907657997
- (OCoLC)907657997
- Label
- Home fires : the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War, Julie Summers
- Note
-
- "First published as 'Jambusters' in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013"--Title-page verso
- "As seen on Masterpiece, PBS"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxxi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143108450
- Lccn
- 2015024952
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn907657997
- (Sirsi) o907657997
- (OCoLC)907657997
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