Guptill's New Christmas Book
Title | Guptill's New Christmas Book PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Frances Ephraim Guptill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1915 |
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Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Title | Catalogue of Copyright Entries PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1082 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | American literature |
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When Books Went to War
Title | When Books Went to War PDF eBook |
Author | Molly Guptill Manning |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2014-12-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0544535170 |
This New York Times bestselling account of books parachuted to soldiers during WWII is a “cultural history that does much to explain modern America” (USA Today). 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. 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 The Great Gatsby from obscurity and made Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, into a national icon. “A thoroughly engaging, enlightening, and often uplifting account . . . I was enthralled and moved.” — Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried “Whether or not you’re a book lover, you’ll be moved.” — Entertainment Weekly
Extension Series
Title | Extension Series PDF eBook |
Author | University of Missouri |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Education |
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An Index to One-act Plays
Title | An Index to One-act Plays PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Digital images |
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Plays written in English or translated into English; Published since 1900 Cover title: Index to one-act plays for stage, radio, and television.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series
Title | Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 798 |
Release | 1938 |
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Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office
Title | Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1124 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | American drama |
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