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Item #25002994 Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
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Fighting the War from the Homefront: Five (5) WWII Booklets Issued to American Families by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense

Note the inclusion of Librarian as essential worker in the war effort, and its parallels to current events: "Your war job is important. Libraries can and should become real centers of civilian defense and war information. Adapt your library to its new job of war education. Do your best to provide your community with geography and history books and with periodicals about the background of the war..." (p.30, "What Can I Do").

Washington, D.C. U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, 1941-1943. A set of five (5) printed booklets issued to American families during the Second World War, each focusing on a different aspect of civilian defense and the importance of the homefront in fighting the war. Topics range from first aid and the treatment of "Blast Syndrome" to victory gardens, essential library work, child care, and conserving materials to support the troops abroad. The items include:

"Handbook of First Aid". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, December 1941. Single vol. (7.25" by 4.5"), pp. 72, illus., in original printed wrps. A guide to first aid in wartime using readily available materials.

"Fire Protection in Civilian Defense". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, December 1941. Single vol. (9.25" by 5.75"), pp. 44, in original printed wrps. Topics range from organizing neighborhood fire watch to combating bomb fires.

"What Can I Do: The Citizen's Handbook for War". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, 1942. Single vol. (7.75" by 5.5"), pp. 48, illus., in original printed wrps. Topics range from victory gardens to conserving materials, budgeting, and jobs for women (nursing, club work, etc.).

"The U.S. Citizen's Service Corps". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, November 1942. Single vol. (10.5" by 8"), pp. 38, [2], illus., in original printed self wrps. Invites readers to join the U.S. Citizens Service Corps, "an army of unpaid civilian workers, mobilized to do the many civilian war jobs that must be done to keep the home front strong" including transportation, victory gardens, Red Cross work, child care ("Today's Madonna works for Victory"), nutrition, housing, education, and library work. Contains fantastic pro-Allies propaganda images.

"The Clinical Recognition and Treatment of Shock". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, May 1943. Single vol. (9" by 5.75"), pp. 35, [1], in original printed wrps. A guide to treating shock, "Crush Syndrome" and "Blast Syndrome" in the event of the war coming to the domestic U.S. Very good. Minor flaws including nicks/short tears, toning, ink stamps. Ink ownership signature to one item.

Price: $500.00

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