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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980-     Subjects     World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies.     Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Military morale -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980-       by title:      When books went to w...         MARC Display

When books went to war [large type] : the stories that helped us win World War II / Molly Guptill Manning. by Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980- Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015. Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies.   Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Military morale -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9781410479754 (large print : hardback) 1410479757 (large print : hardback) Series:  Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. Description:  475 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. Edition:  Large print edition. Contents:  A phoenix will rise -- $85 worth of clothes, but no pajamas -- A landslide of books -- New weapons in the war of ideas -- Grab a book, Joe, and keep goin' -- Guts, valor, and extreme bravery -- Like rain in the desert -- Censorship and FDR's F -- th T- -- m -- German's surrender and the godforsaken islands -- Peace at least -- Damned average raisers. Requests:  0 Summary:  When America entered World War II in 1941, we 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. Comprising 1,200 different titles of every imaginable type, these paperbacks were beloved by the troops and are still fondly remembered today. Soldiers read them while waiting to land at Normandy; in hellish trenches in the midst of battles in the Pacific; in field hospitals; and on long bombing flights. They wrote to the authors, many of whom responded to every letter. They helped rescue The Great Gatsby from obscurity. They made Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, into a national icon. When Books Went to War is an inspiring story for history buffs and book lovers alike.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 028.90973 MA Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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