Children's Wartime Adventure Novels: The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II, (Hardcover)

<p>Experience World War II like an American twelve-year-old. </p><p><br></p><p>From Cherry Ames and Ann Bartlett nursing in war zones from the Pacific to Europe, from aviators Dave Dawson and Stan Wilson in aerial dogfights with the enemy, the middle-grade and teen readers growing up in the early 1940s received through these characters an amazing window on a world at war.</p><p> &amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;&amp;#8203;</p><p> The World War II-themed series novels discussed in this book were their companions in the baffling and exciting era of their already normally angst-ridden pre-teen and teen years. These books provided entertainment, inspiration, education, and indoctrination of a kind as to what would be expected of them as kids in support of the war effort and what kind of adults they should strive to be.</p><p> </p><p> They grew up to be called The Silent Generation, known for conformity, respect for rules, and a quiet but determined work ethic that never left them. See how the adventures in the wartime children's books they read shaped their knowledge of the world and formed their ideals.</p>

• Children's Wartime Adventure Novels: The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II, (Hardcover)
• Author: Jacqueline T. Lynch
• ISBN: 9798330314133
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2024-12-18
• Page Count: 386