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Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front
David J. Bettez
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Description for Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front
hardcover. Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 44 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to communities banding together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays, Kentuckians were loyal supporters of their country during the First World War. Kentucky had one of the lowest rates of draft dodging in the nation, and the state increased its coal production by 50 percent during the war years. Overwhelmingly, the people of the Commonwealth set aside partisan interests and worked together to help the nation achieve victory in Europe.
David J. Bettez provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact ... Read more
From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to communities banding together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays, Kentuckians were loyal supporters of their country during the First World War. Kentucky had one of the lowest rates of draft dodging in the nation, and the state increased its coal production by 50 percent during the war years. Overwhelmingly, the people of the Commonwealth set aside partisan interests and worked together to help the nation achieve victory in Europe.
David J. Bettez provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Kentucky History
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813168012
SKU
V9780813168012
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About David J. Bettez
David J. Bettez is the author of Kentucky Marine: Major General Logan Feland and the Making of the Modern USMC, which won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's Colonel Joseph Alexander Award for Biography.
Reviews for Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front
This book is a thorough study of World War I and its impact on Kentucky and Kentuckians. The book will have a great appeal to historians and those interested in the history of our wars."" - William E. Ellis, professor emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University and author of A History of Education in Kentucky. ""Path breaking, ... Read more