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The Home Front Pocket Manual 1939-1945

Luci Gosling editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Casemate Publishers

Published:15th Jul '20

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The Home Front Pocket Manual 1939-1945 cover

Compiled from the archives of the Mary Evans archives, this manual brings together articles from fashionable contemporary magazines including Britannia & Eve, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News and Tatler, on all aspects of the home front in WWII. These fascinating articles cover complying with black-out regulations; what to do with the family car; augmenting rationed foods and turning them into tasty meals; contributing to the war effort by keeping livestock, salvaging valuable materials and growing food; all the while remaining fashionable and keeping up appearances.

A really useful reference guide covering aspects of life in the 1940s. Well presented, packed with information, an absorbing read. * Home Front History *

ISBN: 9781612008677

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

160 pages