MGWB0-7 Molly Guptill Manning - When Books Went to War.nfo
General Information
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Title: When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
Author: Molly Guptill Manning
Read By: Bernadette Dunne
Copyright: 2014
Audiobook Copyright: 2014
Genre: Nonfiction - History - Military
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Source: Overdrive MP3
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 7
Total Duration: 6:49:48
Total MP3 Size: 187.79
Parity Archive: No
Ripped By: 3j
Encoded With: LAME
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Joint Stereo
Normalize: None
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Publisher's 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.
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