When Books Went to war : : the Stories That Helped us win World War II
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"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"--Amazon.com.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780544535022
0544535022
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
Books and reading -- History -- 20th century.
Publishers and publishing -- History -- 20th century.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
War in literature.