When books went to war : the stories that helped us win World War II / Molly Guptill Manning.
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
- ISBN: 0544535022
- ISBN: 0544570405
- Physical Description: xv, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-260) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 A Phoenix Will Rise 1 -- 2 $85 Worth of Clothes, but No Pajamas 17 -- 3 A Landslide of Books 31 -- 4 New Weapons in the War of Ideas 59 -- 5 Grab a Book, Joe, and Keep Goin' 75 -- 6 Guts, Valor, and Extreme Bravery 92 -- 7 Like Rain in the Desert 113 -- 8 Censorship and FDR's F - th T - m 133 -- 9 Germany's Surrender and the Godforsaken Islands 151 -- 10 Peace at Last 170 -- 11 Damned Average Raisers 181.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 028.9 MAN (Text) | 36015000357067 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | 028.9 MAN (Text) | 36015000817938 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | 028.9 MAN (Text) | 36015000907796 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
