Multicultural Book Group meets July 13
Published 10:30 am Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Multicultural Book Group meets July 13
From staff reports
The Multicultural Book Group will meet at the 320th Federal Way Library (848 S. 320th St.) at 7 p.m. on July 13 to discuss “When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II” by Molly Guptill Manning.
When America entered World War II in 1941, it faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million small, lightweight paperbacks for troops to carry in their pockets and their rucksacks in every theater of war.
