In transports, tanks, and trenches, packed into troopships and training camps, ready to read while waiting to fight! During World War II, librarians were determined to get books into soldiers’ hands. When publishers agreed to help, millions of pocket-sized Armed Services Editions of classics, plays, memoirs, and novels were eagerly shared by service people, sparking … Continue reading When Books Went to War, by Molly Guptill Manning (book review) – readers in WWII trenches