02721cam a2200325 4500 468437035 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544535176 0544535170 B00LRI90R8 Amazon 8fe85a16-b4fd-425f-abd0-41631137b4a2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1862789 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980- When Books Went to War [Libby] : The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 10MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>This <i>New York Times</i> bestselling account of books parachuted to soldiers during WWII is a "cultural history that does much to explain modern America" (<i>USA Today</i>).</b><br /> When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops, gathering 20 million hardcover donations. Two years later, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million specially printed paperbacks designed for troops to carry in their pockets and rucksacks in every theater of war.</p> <p>These small, lightweight Armed Services Editions 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. This pioneering project not only listed soldiers' spirits, but also helped rescue <i>The Great Gatsby</i> from obscurity and made Betty Smith, author of <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,</i> into a national icon.</p><b>"A thoroughly engaging, enlightening, and often uplifting account . . . I was enthralled and moved." — Tim O'Brien, author of <i>The Things They Carried</i><br /> "Whether or not you're a book lover, you'll be moved." — <i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/when-books-went?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/when-books-went?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/when-books-went?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)