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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Heartwarming. New York Times Whether or not youre a book lover, youll be moved. Entertainment Weekly A readable, accessible addition to World War II literature and a book that will be enjoyed by lovers of books about books. Boston Globe Four stars out of four . . . 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 andgathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program120 million small, lightweight paperbacks for troops to carry in their pockets and rucksacks in every theater of war.
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Molly Guptill Manning is a staff attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and sits on the board of editors of the Federal Bar Council Quarterly. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in American history from the University at Albany and a J.D. at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Molly lives in Manhattan with her husband.
