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When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

Chronicles the joint effort of the U.S. government, the publishing industry, and the nation's librarians to boost troop morale during World War II by shipping more than one hundred million books to the front lines for soldiers to read during what little downtime they had.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544535022 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 9780544570405 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xv, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Publishers and publishing > United States > History > 20th century.
War in literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Literature and the war.

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