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When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II / Molly Guptill Manning.

By:

Manning, Molly Guptill, (1980 -)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2014Description: 267 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780544535022

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

028.9 MAN

LOC classification:

Z1003.2 .M36 2014

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	028.9 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		061244

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.

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