BOMB GIRLS: TRADING APRONS FOR AMMO. by Dickson, Barbara. (Inscribed.) - 2015

Toronto: Dundurn, 2015. 286 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions. Laid in at front: b&w plan of General Engineering Company (Canada) Litd. (GECO) complex, Scarboro, Ontario, circa 1942. Inscribed on title page: "To C____, / Peace! / Barbara Dickson". "What was it like to work in a Canadian Second World War munitions factory? What were working conditions like? Did anyone die? Just how closely did female employees embody the image of 'Rosie the Riveter' so popularly advertised to promote factory work in war propaganda posters? How closely does the recent TV show, 'Bomb Girls', resemble the actual historical record of the day-to-day lives of bomb-making employees? (This book) delivers a dramatic, personal, and detailed review of Canada's largest fuse-filling munitions factory, situated in Scarborough, Ontario. First-hand accounts, technical records, photographic evidence, business documentation, and site maps all come together to offer a rare, complete account of the lives of over twenty-one thousand brave men and women who risked their lives daily while handling high explosives in a dedicated effort to help win the war." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one tiny and one small corner crease.. Inscribed by Author.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+.