"When is daddy coming home?" : an American family during World War II / Richard Carlton Haney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney, Richard Carlton, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piddington, Vera Wolferman Haney, 1918-2003.

Piddington, Vera Wolferman Haney.

Haney, J. Clyde (Joseph Clyde), 1912-1945.

Haney, J. Clyde.

Haney, Richard Carlton.

War widows--United States--Biography.

War widows.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

Children of military personnel--United States--Biography.

Children of military personnel.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Europe, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : Wisconsin Historical Society, 2005.

Summary:

Now in paperback, a bestselling memoir of a family on the home front during World War II World War II was coming to a close in Europe and Richard Haney was only four years old when the telegram arrived at his family's home in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

One. Sparks at the Fuse Box

Two. God Bless America: A Family and Community Go to War

Three. "Well, Darlin', I'm in the Army Now!": Training Camp

Four. "Tell Butch I'm Coming Home": The Army Calls It a "Delay-en-Route"

Five. "All My Love Always, Clyde, England, 12-25-1944": Airborne Training

Six. "Maybe Daddy Will Be Home on Monday": Keeping the Home Fires Burning

Seven. "I'm Still OK-Somewhere in Belgium": The Battle of the Bulge

Eight. "Airborne Mission Soon": Crossing the Rhine

Epilogue. A Wound You Can Never Heal

Appendix. Selected Letters

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-131) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-559-5

OCLC:

1155333971