Bomb Girls

Bomb Girls
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781459731172
ISBN-13 : 1459731174
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Book Synopsis Bomb Girls by : Barbara Dickson

Download or read book Bomb Girls written by Barbara Dickson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a rare account of life in Canada's largest Second World War munitions facility, built and managed by General Engineering Company Ltd. Located on 346 acres in Scarborough, Ontario, GECO hired over twenty-one thousand employees — predominantly women — who risked life and limb handling high explosives daily.


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