Manning, Molly Guptill  (1980 -) <br/><br/>
When books went to war :  the stories that helped us win World War II 
/ Molly Guptill Manning. 
 - Boston  : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  , 2014 
 - 267 p.  : illus.  ; 22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780544535022 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939 - 1945---Literature and the war---United States<br/>Books and reading---History---United States---20th century<br/>Publishers and publishing---United States -- History<br/>American Literature---History and Criticism---20th Century<br/>War in literature
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z1003.2  / .M36 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>028.9 MAN