A Junior Library Guild Selection. With thousands of men off fighting in the Civil War; the government hired women and girls--some as young as ten--to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were killed; blown up and burned beyond recognition. As Steve Sheinkin did with The Port Chicago 50; Tanya Anderson in Gunpowder Girls tells an amazing war story that finally gives its subjects their due. Hidden history comes alive through primary-source research and page-turning narrative. Gunpowder Girls is a story of child labor and immigrant hopes and the cruel; endless demands of an all-consuming war.
#477295 in Books Scholar Technological Institute of Research; Inc. 2003-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x 5.50 x .75l; #File Name: 0963129341260 pages
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