When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II / Molly Guptill Manning.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014Description: xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780544535022 (hbk.)
- 0544535022 (hbk.)
- 028/.90973Â 23
- Z1003.2Â .M36 2014
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | 028.9 MANNING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001569100 | ||
Book | Parsons Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Parsons Public Library | Adult Books | 973.7 M284 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34315000535577 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"When America entered World War II in 1941, [it] faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million small, lightweight paperbacks, for troops to carry in their pockets and their rucksacks, in every theater of war"--Amazon.com.
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