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Author : American Library Association. Library War Service
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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Library War Service written by American Library Association. Library War Service and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Library Association. Library War Service
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Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Letters - American Library Association, Library War Service written by American Library Association. Library War Service and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theodore Wesley Koch
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Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book War Service of the American Library Association written by Theodore Wesley Koch and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Molly Guptill Manning
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544535170
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)
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 2014-12-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Author : Theodore Wesley Koch
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Books in the War written by Theodore Wesley Koch and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book War Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. War Department
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Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Hospital Library Service written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathy Peiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190944633
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Information Hunters written by Kathy Peiss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war into acquiring and preserving the written word, as well as providing critical information for intelligence purposes, these American civilians set off on missions to gather foreign publications and information across Europe. They journeyed to neutral cities in search of enemy texts, followed a step behind advancing armies to capture records, and seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools. When the war ended, they found looted collections hidden in cellars and caves. Their mission was to document, exploit, preserve, and restitute these works, and even, in the case of Nazi literature, to destroy them. In this fascinating account, cultural historian Kathy Peiss reveals how book and document collecting became part of the new apparatus of intelligence and national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. Focusing on the ordinary Americans who carried out these missions, she shows how they made decisions on the ground to acquire sources that would be useful in the war zone as well as on the home front. These collecting missions also boosted the postwar ambitions of American research libraries, offering a chance for them to become great international repositories of scientific reports, literature, and historical sources. Not only did their wartime work have lasting implications for academic institutions, foreign-policy making, and national security, it also led to the development of today's essential information science tools. Illuminating the growing global power of the United States in the realms of intelligence and cultural heritage, Peiss tells the story of the men and women who went to Europe to collect and protect books and information and in doing so enriches the debates over the use of data in times of both war and peace.
Author : United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities
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Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities written by United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David M. Kennedy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416553061
Total Pages : 1017 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Library of Congress World War II Companion written by David M. Kennedy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 1017 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable reference on World War II produced by the Library of Congress and edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David M. Kennedy. With hundreds of illustrations and quotations from contemporary documents, this will be the most authoritative popular reference on World War II. The noted historian John Keegan called World War II "the largest single event in human history." More than sixty years after it ended, that war continues to shape our world. Going far beyond accounts of the major battles, The Library of Congress World War II Companion examines, in a unique and engaging manner, this devastating conflict, its causes, conduct, and aftermath. It considers the politics that shaped the involvement of the major combatants; military leadership and the characteristics of major Allied and Axis armed services; the weaponry that resulted in the war's unprecedented destruction, as well as debates over the use of these weapons; the roles of resistance groups and underground fighters; war crimes; daily life during wartime; the uses of propaganda; and much more. Drawn from the unparalleled collections of the institution that has been called "America's Memory," The Library of Congress World War II Companion includes excerpts from contemporary letters, journals, pamphlets, and other documents, as well as first-person accounts recorded by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. The text is complemented by more than 150 illustrations. Organized into topical chapters (such as "The Media War," "War Crimes and the Holocaust," and two chapters on "Military Operations" that cover the important battles), the book also include readers to navigate through the rich store of information in these pages. Filled with facts and figures, information about unusual aspects of the war, and moving personal accounts, this remarkable volume will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to understand the World War II era and its continuing reverberations.
Author : Janet Skeslien Charles
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982134917
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book The Paris Library written by Janet Skeslien Charles and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true World War II story of the American Library in Paris, an unforgettable novel about the power of books and the bonds of friendship—and the ordinary heroes who can be found in the most perilous times and the quietest places. Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; Remy, her twin brother who she adores; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library’s legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. When World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear—including her beloved library. After the Nazi army marches into the City of Light and declares a war on words, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. Again and again, they risk their lives to help their fellow Jewish readers, but by war’s end, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Montana, 1983. Odile’s solitary existence in gossipy small-town Montana is unexpectedly interrupted by her neighbor Lily, a lonely teenager craving adventure. As Lily uncovers more about Odile’s mysterious past, they find they share not only a love of language but also the same lethal jealousy. Odile helps Lily navigate the troubled waters of adolescence by always recommending the right book at the right time, never suspecting that Lily will be the one to help her reckon with her own terrible secret. Based on the true story of the American Library in Paris, The Paris Library is a mesmerizing and captivating novel about the people and the books that make us who we are, for good and for bad, and the courage it takes to forgive.
Author : Addison Armstrong
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 059332806X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The War Librarian written by Addison Armstrong and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy. Two women. One secret. A truth worth fighting for. 1918. Timid and shy Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own—as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. But when a romance blooms as she secretly participates in a book club for censored books, Emmaline will need to find more courage within herself than she ever thought possible in order to survive. 1976. Kathleen Carre is eager to prove to herself and to her nana that she deserves her acceptance into the first coed class at the United States Naval Academy. But not everyone wants female midshipmen at the Academy, and after tragedy strikes close to home, Kathleen becomes a target. To protect herself, Kathleen must learn to trust others even as she discovers a secret that could be her undoing.
Author : American Library Association. Library War Service
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Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Report of the War Service Committee of the American Library Association written by American Library Association. Library War Service and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Library Association. Library War Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Soldiers, Sailors and Books written by American Library Association. Library War Service and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Library Association. Library War Service
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Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (71 download)
Download or read book War Service Library written by American Library Association. Library War Service and published by . This book was released on 1917* with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War Library Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theodore Wesley Koch
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020373701
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (737 download)
Download or read book War Service of the American Library Association written by Theodore Wesley Koch and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the remarkable story of how the American Library Association (ALA) mobilized books and volunteers to provide millions of books and other library materials to American soldiers during World War I. It explains how librarians were pioneering community workers, and how their work with soldiers helped transform libraries into centers of community life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
