Miss Morgan's book brigade: a novel
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New York : Atria Books, 2024.
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Book
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
Windsor Fiction
FICTION SKESLIEN J
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"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea that their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change"--
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LC Subjects
American Committee for Devastated France -- Fiction.
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Carson, Jessie, -- 1876-1959 -- Fiction.
Children's libraries -- France -- Fiction.
New York Public Library -- Fiction.
Women librarians -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France -- Fiction.
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Carson, Jessie, -- 1876-1959 -- Fiction.
Children's libraries -- France -- Fiction.
New York Public Library -- Fiction.
Women librarians -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France -- Fiction.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781668008980, 166800898X, 9781668008997, 1668008998
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"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea that their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Skeslien Charles, J. (2024). Miss Morgan's book brigade: a novel. First Atria Books hardcover edition. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Skeslien Charles, Janet. 2024. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade: A Novel. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Skeslien Charles, Janet, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade: A Novel. Atria Books, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Skeslien Charles, Janet. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade: A Novel. First Atria Books hardcover edition. Atria Books, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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