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Language
English
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Description
As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a "land girl," tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It's here that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (34 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
When Lily learns about a lottery for land plots to grow Victory Gardens, she tries to apply. But when the garden club president tells her she's too young to participate, Lily refuses to give up. She knows where there's a house with a big yard. The Bishops live in the largest house in town. It also has the largest yard. But the Bishops' son was the first soldier from the town to die in the war. Now Mrs. Bishop has hidden herself away in their house....
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Green ed.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Home Grown Vegetables" can help aspiring gardeners avoid disappointment or failure with their first gardens and help families who are already growing food crops to grow more and reduce their food costs.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book examines three programs: the National War Garden Commission, the United States School Garden Army, and the Woman's Land Army. The urgency of wartime mobilization enabled proponents to promote food production as a vital national security issue. The connection between the nation's food readiness and national security resonated within the context of America's political and cultural life"--
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