| Description |
xv, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm |
| 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. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- Germany's surrender and the godforsaken islands -- Peace at last -- Damned average raisers. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
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Books and reading -- History -- 20th century.
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Publishers and publishing -- History -- 20th century.
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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War in literature.
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| Added Title |
Stories that helped us win World War II |
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Stories that helped us win World War 2 |
| ISBN |
9780544535022 |
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0544535022 |
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