Where the River Grins
Where the River Grins

Author: Angie Karcher

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934729991

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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.

We Ask Only a Fair Trial
We Ask Only a Fair Trial

Author: Darrel E. Bigham

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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"Darrel Bigham's history of the black community of Evansville [is] a first-rate contribution to the literature of black urban history. It thoroughly surveys all aspects of the black community -- economic, social, and political -- and additionaly provides a valuable comparative framaework for the understanding of black occupations and family structure." -- Kenneth L. Kusmer.

Evansville in World War II
Evansville in World War II

Author: James Lachlan MacLeod

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-11-02

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1625852061

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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.