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1) When books went to war: the stories that helped us win World War II

Author

Manning, Molly Guptill

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

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"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...

2) The New England mind: the seventeenth century

Author

Miller, Perry

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

1954

Language

English

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In The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, as well as successor The New England Mind: From Colony to Province, Perry Miller asserts a single intellectual history for America that could be traced to the Puritan belief system.

3) The American reader: words that moved a nation

Language

English

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A multicultural anthology of history and literature--a collection of speeches, documents, poems, songs, photographs, and illustrations that captures the many-faceted American spirit in words and images.

4) The library of literary criticism of English and American authors

Author

Moulton, Charles Wells

Publisher

P. Smith

Pub. Date

1959

Language

English

5) Experimental lives: women and literature, 1900-1945

Author

Loeffelholz, Mary

Publisher

Maxwell Macmillan International

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

6) The frontier experience: readings in the Trans-Mississippi West

Author

Hine, Robert V

Publisher

Wadsworth Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1963]

Language

English

7) The intellectual life of colonial New England

Author

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Pub. Date

[1970, c1956]

Language

English

8) The call of the wild

Author

London, Jack

Series

Mackin classics
Great classics for children
World Classics
Townsend Library
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7

Language

English

Appears on list

Banned & Challenged Books

Formats

Book, CD

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Stolen From Home and sold into a harsh life as a sled dog in northern Canada, Buck must quickly learn to survive. He soon takes his place as leader of the hardworking team, and his strength and courage become legendary among men. But the call of the wild is strong, awakening primal feelings of a life among wolves... One of the greatest of all wildlife stories, The Call of the Wild will enthrall today's readers as it has since its first publication...