Book ID: CBB016317244

Angels at the Station (2008)

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Trostel, Scott D. (Author)


Cam-Tech Publishing


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: ix + 262
Language: English

Never before told is the story of the canteens in one of the most powerful home front stories to come out of WW II. This is a remarkable story of compassion and dedication by wives, mothers, sisters and entire regions in a profound gesture to meet the troops at several stations around the United States.

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Review Dan Cupper (Fall/Winter 2009) Review of "Angels at the Station". Railroad History (pp. 90-92). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gruber, John E.
Reevy, Tony
Riddell, Doug
McInay, Dennis P.
Frank H. Heppner
Rosenbaum, Joel
Journals
Railroad History
Feminist Studies
Publishers
Center for Railroad Photography
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Historical Society
Self-published by the author
Seven Oaks Press
Railroad Press
Morning Sun Books
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
World War II
Photography of railroads
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
African Americans and science
People
Delano, Jack
Parks, Gordon
Norton, Victor E., Jr.
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania)
Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
Altoona, PA
Rhode Island (U.S.)
Myanmar (Burma)
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
Office of War Information
Oahu Railway and Land Company
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Company
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Auto-Train Corporation
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