FPUL Small Talk: Molly Guptill Manning: “When Books Went to War”
During World War II, while Nazis were banning books and issuing rampant propaganda, the U.S. countered by sending millions of books to American troops in the field. These pocket-sized paperbacks, as well as petite issues of domestic newspapers and miniature “overseas” editions of popular magazines– the “Armed Services Editions”–not only provided a pastime for soldiers, but served as reminders of our fight for democracy.
Professor Molly Guptill Manning, author of “When Books Went to War” and curator of “The Best-Read Army in the World,” recently on display at The Grolier Club, joins the Friends of PUL on Wednesday. Feb. 28 to discuss the fascinating story of these books and her research and collection of over 900 volumes of “Armed Services Editions.”
Current Friends of PUL members are invited to attend in person. Registration is required.
The presentation will also be available by Zoom for non-members.
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- Date:
- Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Center for Modern Aging (formerly PSRC), 101 Poor Farm Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
- Audience:
- Friends of Princeton University Library Student Friends of Princeton University Library
- Categories:
- Friends of the Princeton University Library Event
Molly Guptill Manning is the author of the New York Times bestseller “When Books Went to War” (2014) as well as “The Myth of Ephraim Tutt” (2012), “The Best-Read Army in the World” (2020), and “The War of Words” (2023). She has published articles in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts and the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. She was a supervisory staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City and is currently an associate professor at New York Law School.
This event is part of the Friends of the Princeton University Library Small Talks Series.
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Join the Friends of the Princeton University Library. Friends receive a newsletter, two issues of the Princeton University Library Chronicle, and are invited to participate in a variety of activities and events, including exhibition openings, lectures and talks, gala dinners, workshops on topics such as preservation, bookbinding, and print collecting.
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