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Wisconsin's flying trees in World War II : a victory for American forest products and Allied aviation / Sara Witter Connor.
- Title
- Wisconsin's flying trees in World War II : a victory for American forest products and Allied aviation / Sara Witter Connor.
- Author
- Connor, Sara Witter.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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- Description
- 287 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Explore the history of the forest products industries in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the important role those industries played in the creation and development of WWII aircraft"--
- Alternative Title
- Wisconsin's flying trees in World War 2
- Wisconsin's flying trees in World War Two
- Subject
- Airplanes, Military > History > United States > 20th century
- Airplanes, Military > United States > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Equipment and supplies
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Allied
- Forest products industry > Wisconsin > History > 20th century
- Forest products industry > Upper Peninsula > History > 20th century
- Aircraft supplies industry > Wisconsin > History > 20th century
- Aircraft supplies industry > Upper Peninsula > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Wisconsin
- World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Upper Peninsula
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History
- NATURE / Natural Resources
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- War! -- The Wisconsin Homefront -- Ships -- Wisconsin "Wood Flies to War" -- "Wisconsin's Flying Trees" : The British Connection -- The Spruce Goose -- "Teaching Wood to Fight" : U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison -- The German Connection : A Sticky Situation -- Trade Associations -- War Contracts and the Wisconsin Lumber Industry -- Tires, Equipment and Lumber Shortages -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Connor Lumber and Land Company : World War II Servicemen, Laona, Wisconsin -- Appendix II: Consoweld Corporation Employees -- Appendix III: C.M. Christensen Employees and Those Who Served during World War II.
- ISBN
- 9781626193505 (paperback)
- 1626193509 (paperback)
- LCCN
- ^^2013047440
- OCLC
- 860757093
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library