{"product_id":"hoosiers-on-the-home-front-9780253063465","title":"Hoosiers on the Home Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eWars are fought on the home front as well as the battlefront. Spouses, family, friends, and communities are called upon to sacrifice and persevere in the face of a changed reality. \u003ci\u003eHoosiers on the Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lives and experiences of ordinary Hoosiers from around Indiana who were left to fight at home during wartimes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn from the rich holdings of the \u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e, a journal of state and midwestern history published since 1905, this collection includes original diaries, letters and memoirs, and research essays--all focused on Hoosiers on the home front of the Civil War through the Vietnam War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders will meet, among others, Joshua Jones of the 19th Indiana Volunteer Regiment and his wife, Celia; Attia Porter, a young resident of Corydon, Indiana, writing to her cousin about Morgan's Raid; Civil War and World War I veterans who came into conflict over the Indianapolis 500 and Memorial Day observances; Virginia Mayberry, a wife and mother on the World War II home front; and university students and professors--including antiwar activist Howard Zinn and conservative writer R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.--clashing over the Vietnam War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoosiers on the Home Front \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a compelling glimpse of how war impacts everyone, even those who never saw the front line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawn Bakken is Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e, a scholarly journal of state and midwestern history. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn This Day in Indianapolis History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387243663634,"sku":"9780253063465","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4f1cef0-6d9b-4781-a9cf-4bd61a7b4136.jpg?v=1728874704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hoosiers-on-the-home-front-9780253063465","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}