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Film, Video When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II

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Title

  • When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-09-25.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Literature
  • -  World War II, 1941-1945, paperbacks, literacy, books, reading

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Molly Guptill Manning.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-09-25.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689893

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-25, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689893/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2015) When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-25. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689893/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-25, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689893/>.