When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/07/18
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Molly Guptill Manning discussed her book that tells the story of how, during World War II, publishers, book sellers and librarians mobilized to launch a program that distributed more than 122 million small, lightweight paperbacks to troops overseas. Speaker Biography: Molly Guptill Manning is the author of "The Myth of Ephraim Tutt," and her articles have appeared in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts. She is an attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7051
