A librarian's war the man who fought World War II with books and brought the joy of reading to millions
"A Librarian's War is a biography of Ray Trautman, whose childhood in a rural town with no library and few books ignited a lifelong passion to ensure no one would struggle as he did to access reading materials. He nurtured his love of books as a bookseller, librarian, literacy educator, Army officer...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2026]
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| Summary: | "A Librarian's War is a biography of Ray Trautman, whose childhood in a rural town with no library and few books ignited a lifelong passion to ensure no one would struggle as he did to access reading materials. He nurtured his love of books as a bookseller, librarian, literacy educator, Army officer, and professor. During World War II, he distributed hundreds of millions of books and magazines to troops despite book bans and resistant generals. After the war, he helped improve rural library access, built recreational libraries in prisons, worked to improve literacy for adults, and campaigned for more and better titles for the visually impaired. Through his efforts, the book-reading population skyrocketed and generations of Americans discovered the joy of reading"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197861240 0197861245 |
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