Sherrie Tucker: 2 books
Swing Shift
"All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2000
Theforgotten history of the “all-girl” big bands of the World War II era takes center stage in Sherrie Tucker’s Swing Shift. American demand for swing skyrocketed with the onslaught of war as millions—isolated from loved ones—sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and...
Dance Floor Democracy
The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. Since the opening night, when the crowds were so thick that Bette Davis had to enter through the bathroom window...