When Books Went to War (37 page)

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Variety
reported:
Ballou and Rakosky,
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 36.

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NBC acquiesced:
“NBC v. Boston,”
Time
(Pony Ed.), April 17, 1944, 26.

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collaborated so wholeheartedly:
“Publishers to Back War Books Jointly,”
New York Times
, December 1, 1942.

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The book told:
W. L. White,
They Were Expendable
(New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942), v, 3–4.

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“
Distinguished Service”:
Orville Prescott, “Books of the Times,”
New York Times
, December 18, 1942.

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Hersey told of:
John Hersey,
Into the Valley
(New York: Pocket Books, 1943), 66–71, 75.

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In May 1943:
“Willkie's Book Held ‘Imperative,'”
New York Times
, May 7, 1943.

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This book argued:
Walter Lippmann,
U.S
.
Foreign Policy
, undated, Council Records; Lippmann,
U.S. Foreign Policy
(New York: Armed Services Editions, No. C-73 [1943]).

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The fifth:
Ballou and Rakosky,
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 48.

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“
America of today”:
Lisa Sergio, “The Importance of Interpreting America,”
American Library Association Bulletin
35, no. 9 (October 1941), 487.

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The sixth:
Ballou and Rakosky,
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 48.

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Snow, a war:
Edgar Snow,
People on Our Side
(New York: Random House, 1944).

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Selection of a:
Ballou and Rakosky,
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 48.

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Americans purchased:
“The Year in Books,”
Time
(Pony Ed.), December 20, 1943, 33.

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“
I had best”:
December 8, 1942, Exec. Meeting of the Council, Report of the Vice Chairman (John Farrar), Council Records.

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After consulting with:
Loss, “Reading Between Enemy Lines,” 826.

 

5. Grab a Book, Joe, and Keep Goin'

 

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“
I want to say”:
V-mail Letter to the Council on Books in Wartime from “Pvt. W. R. W. & gang,” Council Records.

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In 1943:
Austin Stevens, “Notes on Books and Authors,”
New York Times Book Review
, January 17, 1943.

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“
We don't burn”:
“Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition; A Plea for Book Paper,”
Chicago Daily News
, May 26, 1943.

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But the government:
“Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Services Editions,” Memo dated April 11, 1943, p. 3, Council Archives.

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Even the longest:
Frank D. Adams, “As Popular as Pin-Up Girls,”
New York Times Book Review
, April 30, 1944.

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No book press:
“Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Services Editions,” Memo dated April 11, 1943, Council Records.

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Thanks to their:
“35,000,000 Books to Be Printed in Year in New Pocket Form for Forces Overseas,”
New York Times
, May 18, 1943.

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“
two up”:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 147.

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One disadvantage:
Loss, “Reading Between Enemy Lines,” 828.

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The council obliged:
Minutes of Exec. Committee, September 14, 1943, Council Records.

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Knowing that battle:
Loss, “Reading Between Enemy Lines,” 828.

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“
small, light”:
“Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Services Editions” memo, Council Records.

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Book covers:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 151.

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staples were favored:
Adams, “As Popular as Pin-Up Girls.”

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“
the prices at”:
Richard L. Simon, S. Spencer Scott, and Malcolm Johnson, “Armed Services Edition” report, September 1, 1943, Council Records.

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the average cost:
Adams, “As Popular as Pin-Up Girls.”

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5.9 cents per book:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 142, 293, n. 1.

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At the project's:
Minutes of Exec. Board, March 31, 1943, Council Records.

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By the time:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 148–49; Ballou and Rakosky,
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 74.

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A three-part:
Ballou and Rakosky:
A History of the Council on Books in Wartime
, 73–74.

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The main consideration:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 152–53 (Table III).

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One of the:
Letter from Archibald G. Ogden to Sen. Robert A. Taft, July 8, 1944, Council Records.

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These guidelines:
William M. Leary Jr., “Books, Soldiers and Censorship During the Second World War,”
American Quarterly
20, no. 2, part 1 (Summer 1968), 238.

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“
just about”:
John Jamieson, “Armed Services Editions and G.I. Fan Mail,”
Publishers Weekly
, July 12, 1947, p. 148.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's:
Michael Merschel, “BookExpo America: Maureen Corrigan on How One Great Book Was Almost Forgotten,”
Artsblog, Dallas Morning News
,
http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/bookexpo-america-maureen-corrigan-on-how-one-great-book-was-almost-forgotten.html/
.

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For authors, learning:
“Armed Services Editions: Excerpts from Letters Received by the Center for the Book from Authors of Armed Services Editions,” Library of Congress (prepared for February 17, 1983, Armed Services Editions 40th Anniversary Event).

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The books chosen:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 155–56.

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Managing the production:
Ibid., 147, 150.

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One frustrated colonel:
Minutes of the Exec. Committee, November 24, December 1, 1943, Council Records.

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“
planned, organized”:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 149.

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“
The books themselves”:
Malcolm Cowley, “Books by the Millions,”
New Republic
, October 11, 1943, pp. 483–84.

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“
a little unfair”:
Letter to Malcolm Cowley from Archibald Ogden, October 18, 1943, Council Records.

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“
editions are by”:
“Letters to the Editor,” “The Armed Services Editions,”
New Republic
, November 22, 1943, p. 720.

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“
mountains of books”:
Adams, “As Popular as Pin-Up Girls.”

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“
moving, even heart-breaking”:
“Armed Services Editions: Excerpts from Letters,” Library of Congress.

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The Army immediately:
Minutes of the Exec. Committee Meetings, September 14, 1943; October 6, 1943; January 12, 1944; January 27, 1944, Council Records.

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“
What the hell”:
Letter from Charles Rawlings to Stanley Rinehart, June 5, 1944, Council Records.

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Lewis Gannett:
“Lewis Gannett, Book Critic, Dies,”
New York Times
, February 4, 1966.

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“
From hospitals”:
Letter from Lewis Gannett to Philip Van Doren Stern (undated), Council Records.

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Palmer began:
“Gretta Palmer, Author, 46, Dead,”
New York Times
, August 16, 1953.

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“
bad-tempered articles”:
Letter from Gretta Palmer to the Editorial Board, November 30, 1944, Council Records.

 

6. Guts, Valor, and Extreme Bravery

 

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“
I've just been”:
Betty Smith, “Who Died?”
New York Times Magazine
, July 9, 1944.

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Germany faced:
Stephen E. Ambrose,
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
(New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1994), 30.

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“Hello, Gang”:
Lucas,
Axis Sally
, 12, 73, 131.

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“
Hello to the men”:
Ambrose,
D-Day
, 55.

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The details for:
Ibid., 120–21.

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One private recalled:
Ibid., 140.

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“
The GI hitting”:
Ibid., 111.

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They crammed:
Cornelius Ryan,
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
(New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1959), 180.

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“
This is the first”:
A. J. Liebling, “A Reporter at Large, Cross-Channel Trip—I,”
New Yorker
, July 1, 1944, pp. 39–40.

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“
morale, given”:
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, 238.

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Eisenhower was known:
Ryan,
The Longest Day
, 254.

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When the C-:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 158.

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“
pil[ing] up”:
Minutes of the Exec. Committee, May 24, October 25, 1944, Council Records.

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“
very few Armed”:
Jamieson,
Books for the Army
, 158.

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moon, tide:
Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe
, 239.

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“
Priests were”:
Ambrose,
D-Day
, 167, 170, 172, 182.

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The LCIs:
Ibid, 183.

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“
Them lucky bastards”:
Ryan,
The Longest Day
, 193.

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“
I Double Dare”:
Ibid., 42, 71.

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“
so many [were]”:
Letter from 2nd Lt. R. R. R. to Council on Books in Wartime, Council Records.

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“
spread all over”:
Liebling, “A Reporter at Large: Cross-Channel Trip,” 42.

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“
Good evening”:
Ambrose,
D-Day
, 192.

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“
much greater fighting”:
“Text of Roosevelt Talk on Rome,”
New York Times
, June 6, 1944.

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president kept vigil:
“President Kept Vigil on the News,”
New York Times
, June 7, 1944; Lawrence Resner, “Country in Prayer,”
New York Times
, June 7, 1944.

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“
Almighty God”:
“Let Our Hearts Be Stout,”
New York Times
, June 7, 1944.

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just another practice:
Ryan,
The Longest Day
, 203–4.

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near-certain death:
Ambrose,
D-Day
, 326–27.

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Many men who:
Ryan,
The Longest Day
, 199, 203–4, 227.

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In the first:
“3,283 Killed and 12,600 Wounded U.S. Toll in Invasion, Bradley Says,”
New York Times
, June 18, 1944; Ryan,
The Longest Day
, “A Note on Casualties.”

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Eleven days:
“3,283 Killed and 12,600 Wounded.”

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“
When we think”:
Sgt. Frank K. Turman, “Soldiers and GIs,”
Yank, the Army Weekly
(British ed.), February 11, 1945, p. 18.

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“
Inching back eastward”:
Letter from R. S. to Katherine Anne Porter, October 11, 1945, Katherine Anne Porter Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries (hereinafter, Katherine Anne Porter Papers).

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“
almost glad that I can say”:
Letter from B. V. to Katherine Anne Porter, May 6, 1945, Katherine Anne Porter Papers.

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“
I had three”:
Letter to Joseph A. Barry from Katherine Anne Porter, January 17, 1948, Katherine Anne Porter Papers, c/o The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of the Katherine Anne Porter Foundation.

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“
When I first”:
V-Mail from Sgt. T. D. to Betty Smith, Betty Smith Papers, #03837, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (hereinafter Betty Smith Papers).

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“
made [him] feel”:
Letter from B. P. C. to Betty Smith, October 20, 1944, Betty Smith Papers.

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“
a
good
letter”:
Letter to “Francis,” from R. L. L., August 21, 1944, Betty Smith Papers.

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“
living my life”:
Letter from Cpl. M. M. to “Sirs,” May 12, 1944, Council Records.

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“
nursing another literary seedling”:
Letter from F. S., Jr. to Betty Smith, March 19, 1945, Betty Smith Papers.

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did not care for:
Letter from L. M. to “Sirs,” March 15, 1945, Betty Smith Papers.

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“This
is a
fine
”:
Letter from R. H. R. to Betty Smith, August 20, 1944, Betty Smith Papers.

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Smith once estimated:
Letter from Betty Smith to “Elizabeth,” May 5, 1944, Betty Smith Papers.