When Books Went to War
Author | : Molly Guptill Manning |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780544535022 |
ISBN-13 | : 0544535022 |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis When Books Went to War by : Molly Guptill Manning
Download or read book When Books Went to War written by Molly Guptill Manning and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 120 million books to the front lines for soldiers to read during what little downtime they had. 35,000 first printing.