{"product_id":"a-yankee-doodle-dandys-daughter","title":"A Yankee Doodle Dandy's Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager growing up on a farm near Healdsburg, California, MargeÕs head\u003cbr\u003e\nwas filled with thoughts of proms, pranks and other school activities when the\u003cbr\u003e\nU.S. abruptly entered World War II. It was a time of great curiosity in equal\u003cbr\u003e\nmeasure with fear and a longing for things to return to normal. Her generation\u003cbr\u003e\nwas forced to grow up fast, into a world that was never the same as it had\u003cbr\u003e\nbeen. Marge tells of the war years at San Jose State College, virtually an\u003cbr\u003e\nall-girls school, and her decision to join the Navy WAVES while still in\u003cbr\u003e\ncollege. She went off to boot camp at HunterÕs College in New York City\u003cbr\u003e\nand served on active duty at North Island Naval Air Base in San Diego,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhere she updated aeronautical charts for pilots and witnessed the\u003cbr\u003e\namazing evolution from piston to jet-powered fighter aircraft.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book, sprinkled with correspondence between two WAVES,\u003cbr\u003e\nboth working with airplanes, contains many original fighter\u003cbr\u003e\nplane photos taken by Marge and fellow WAVE, Jean Broadbent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marge Barnard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303899230369,"sku":"9781387494095","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/12qqqgre-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748321256","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-yankee-doodle-dandys-daughter","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}