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There’s a whole chapter on Henry Ford. So far it’s more about how Hitler got some anti-Semitic ideas from Ford and not about financing at all.

Much of Hitler’s early financial support came from people who were afraid of communism. And his message appealed to the middle and lower classes due to runaway inflation. So those numbers gave him credibility with the moneyed folks

This will be challenging. The subject matter is its own obstacle. Then it’s a rather long book at about 500 pages. And I’ll be reading it in between library books, including after hours book club books.

It’s a 1979 edition, so I’ve owned this book for some 45 or more years. It’s probably about time I read it.

A few twists and turns. Flows nicely.

Seems exposure to radium was the basis for the eventual creation of OSHA. (Though 1971 was a looong time after the mid 1920s.)

The way the story is written is conflicting for me. While I feel it has an agenda, I’m also outraged at how the radium girls were marginalized or dismissed. And the story has some personal connection since I lived in Marseilles, near Ottawa, IL, around 1980, not long after Luminous Processes closed down. I still remember the fenced off building downtown.

This was on my “want to read” list and then I saw it’s part of the Summer history challenge, so here we are.

I’m not sure where I got this book, but it is inscribed and signed by Ray Laenen, the person it is about. He was raised on Detroit’s east side.

This is surprisingly fun to read!
It alludes nicely to fantasy lore without being beholden to it. And maybe inconsistent as I always thought orcs were short.
So far it’s mostly character development through the plot. Even so it specified a species prejudice to bring that topic into the storyline. But it hasn’t been mentioned since. Interestingly, and I’m not sure how, the concept is integrated in the story.

It seams a lot of assumptions are setting up the continuing story.

Oops. I’ve read this one already.

Welp the tunnel exit was stumbled upon and the escape came to an end. Most were recaptured fairly quickly.

Fearing the tunnel might be discovered they decided to escape with snow still on ground rather than wait for later in Spring. The process of moving through the tunnel took more time than expected and incurred a couple cave ins that had to be fixed.

The Germans discovered and closed a tunnel.

The tunnels are progressing.

They’re digging 3 tunnels and have to be mindful of the ferrets—Germans whose role it was to find tunnels. Getting rid of the sand is hard because it’s yellow while the dirt on the surface is gray. Pretty much all the pows have a role though only about twenty out of ~800 know more than their small part.

Many twists and turns in the plot.

So many mini crises and mishaps, one following another.

Meddy broke up with Nathan with the intent of him achieving his goals. And now he’s back.

Meddelin has 3 aunts and her mom and they’re very close. They’re Chinese but lived in Indonesia and now live in CA.

So far the story is switching between present day and Meddy’s college years.