Van Hook discusses his Arkansas childhood; move to Richmond, 1943; Kaiser Shipyard worker, 1943-1945; Singing Shipbuilders gospel quartet, 1943-1946; postwar changes in Richmond; advice to younger generations.
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Lewis Van Hook, Recollections of a singing shipbuilder; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1983
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