Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II

by James H. Madison

Book Overview

Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home--American girls with whom the boys could talk, flirt, dance, and perhaps find companionship. Usually the job was not hazardous--except when V-1 and V-2 rockets rained down on London--but it required...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253221072
• ISBN13: 9780253221070
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher