Prairie Forge: The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II
Written by James J. Kimble. It takes readers across the entire state of Nebraska during the scrap metal drive early
in America's involvement in World War II. When Henry Doorly initially developed a plan to urge citizens to donate scrap metal to help
with arms production, he had no idea that his plan would expan from Omaha to the entire state and then be used as a model for a national scrap drive.
Prairie Forge draws readers into good discussions about the entire state's participation in the challenge to provide scrap metal.
The book covers every county's participation in the Nebraska Plan, and how it fit into the larger effort on a national level.
The
One Book One Nebraska reading program is entering its
seventeenth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and
discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that
have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of the Nebraska Center for
the Book selected this book from a list of twenty-seven titles nominated
by Nebraskans from across the state. The Nebraska Center for the Book
board announced the choice for the 2021 One Book One Nebraska on October 23, at
the end of the week long virtual Celebration of Nebraska Books.
Libraries across Nebraska will join other literary and cultural
organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that
will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Support
materials to assist with local reading/discussion activities are
available on the Get Involved page. Updates and activity listings
are posted on the
One Book One Nebraska Facebook group.
One Book One Nebraska is sponsored by
Nebraska Center for the Book,
Humanities Nebraska,
The Backwaters Press,
and
Nebraska Library Commission.
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at and supported
by the Nebraska Library Commission and brings together the state's
readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers,
educators, and scholars to build the community of the book, supporting
programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading,
and the written word.
