Evansville in World War II

Evansville in World War II
Author: James Lachlan MacLeod
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625852061

During World War II, the city of Evansville manufactured vast amounts of armaments that were vital to the Allied victory. The Evansville Ordnance Plant made 96 percent of all .45-caliber ammunition used in the war, while the Republic Aviation Plant produced more than 6,500 P-47 Thunderbolts--almost half of all P-47s built during the war. At its peak, the local shipyard employed upward of eighteen thousand men and women who forged 167 of the iconic Landing Ship Tank vessels. In this captivating and fast-paced account, University of Evansville historian James Lachlan MacLeod reveals the enormous influence these wartime industries had on the social, economic and cultural life of the city.

Home Front Heroes

Home Front Heroes
Author: Harold B. Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Evansville (Ind.)
ISBN: 9781932439953

Evansville: The World War II Years

Evansville: The World War II Years
Author: Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2005-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781531619862

World War II changed the face of Evansville, Indiana. In December 1941, the city was still recovering from the Great Depression, yet within three months, a series of blockbuster announcements transformed the region. Several corporations received major defense contracts to manufacture parts and ammunitions, while two new installations were launched: a shipyard to construct Landing Ship Tanks and a factory to manufacture P-47 airplanes. Industrial employment rose dramatically, producing social, economic, and racial tensions as thousands of newcomers poured into a city that lacked adequate housing and public facilities. The citizens of Evansville persevered, and most workers stayed following the end of the war. One federal official commented that the city--not just its many defense plants--deserved the coveted Army-Navy "E" (for excellence) award.

Invitation to Valhalla

Invitation to Valhalla
Author: Mike Whicker
Publisher: Walkure
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780984416028

An amateur HAM radio operator intercepts a garbled shortwave transmission that indicates the Gestapo's top henchman is coming to America to kill Erika Lehmann, the Nazis' top spy.

Classic Restaurants of Evansville

Classic Restaurants of Evansville
Author: Kristalyn Shefveland
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467140856

Nestled in a horseshoe bend along the Ohio River, Evansville bestrides the border between the Mid-South and the Midwest. This location allowed the city to build a culinary tradition all its own. For generations, cherished eateries like Turoni's, House of Como and Hilltop Inn have served delicious and unique local fare like brain sandwiches, cracker-crisp thin crust pizza, Ski slushies, burgoo and more. In recent years, revitalized historic districts have housed cafés, coffeehouses and breweries that hearken back to Evansville's past even as they embrace the present and look to the future. Historian and University of Southern Indiana professor Kristalyn Shefveland explores the historic restaurants and contemporary legends that define two centuries of Evansville's food history.

Where the River Grins

Where the River Grins
Author: Angie Karcher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Evansville (Ind.)
ISBN: 9781934729991

An Evansville history book dedicated to the children of Evansville for the use of learning local history from Evansville's beginning though the mid 1940's.

The Cartoons of Evansville's Karl Kae Knecht: Half a Century of Artistic Activism

The Cartoons of Evansville's Karl Kae Knecht: Half a Century of Artistic Activism
Author: James Lachlan MacLeod
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2017-02-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439659451

Karl Kae Knecht's name is synonymous with the city of Evansville. As editorial cartoonist for the Evansville Courier, he amused readers and spurred them to a higher social good. He mocked the Axis powers and kept local morale high during World War II and commented daily on issues from the Great Depression to the Space Race. He also worked tirelessly as a civic booster. Knecht helped establish Evansville College and was almost single-handedly responsible for the establishment of Mesker Park Zoo. In this absorbing account, illustrated with over seventy cartoons, University of Evansville historian James Lachlan MacLeod tells the fascinating story of Knecht's life and analyzes his cartooning genius.

Evansville

Evansville
Author: Darrel Bigham
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1998-10-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1439616507

From our contemporary vantage point, we should take the time to look back to how people in American communities lived at the beginning of the 20th century. The focus of this work is Evansville - in the early 1900s, the only emerging metropolis between Louisville and St. Louis, and then the radial center of a hinterland stretching in all directions for at least 100 miles. Evansville illustrates how the city landscape changed because of the early industrial era, how people made a living and related to each other, and how they spent their leisure time. About one-fifth of the images in this collection focus on the residents of the Evansville region: the Tri-State of southwestern Indiana, western Kentucky, and southern Illinois, which has been Evansville's service area since the 1850s.

Kin

Kin
Author: Shawna Kay Rodenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1635574560

"Explores the richness and dignity of Appalachian life ... [Rodenberg's] stories of lives that are generally overlooked make for essential reading."--The Washington Post “Kin moved me, disturbed me, and hypnotized me in ways very few memoirs have." –Rosanne Cash A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girlhood and a multilayered portrait of a misrepresented people, from Rona Jaffe Writer's Award winner Shawna Kay Rodenberg. When Shawna Kay Rodenberg was four, her father, fresh from a ruinous tour in Vietnam, spirited her family from their home in the hills of Eastern Kentucky to Minnesota, renouncing all of their earthly possessions to live in the Body, an off-the-grid End Times religious community. Her father was seeking a better, safer life for his family, but the austere communal living of prayer, bible study and strict regimentation was a bad fit for the precocious Shawna. Disciplined harshly for her many infractions, she was sexually abused by a predatory adult member of the community. Soon after the leader of the Body died and revelations of the sexual abuse came to light, her family returned to the same Kentucky mountains that their ancestors have called home for three hundred years. It is a community ravaged by the coal industry, but for all that, rich in humanity, beauty, and the complex knots of family love. Curious, resourceful, rebellious, Shawna ultimately leaves her mountain home but only as she masters a perilous balancing act between who she has been and who she will become. Kin is a mesmerizing memoir of survival that seeks to understand and make peace with the people and places that were survived. It is above all about family-about the forgiveness and love within its bounds-and generations of Appalachians who have endured, harmed, and held each other through countless lifetimes of personal and regional tragedy.

We Face the Future Unafraid

We Face the Future Unafraid
Author: George Klinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780930982560

History of the University of Evansville.