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02356adm a2200409 i 4500 001 C60166DC39CA11EFB1F0D68530ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240704010044 008 240227t20242024meu ed 000 f eng d 020 $a 9798885798402 040 $a ETC $b eng $e rda $c ETC $d OCLCO $d JST $d GZF $d ZGW $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d IMT $d OCLCO $d SKYRV $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us--- $a n-us-ny 100 1 $a Skeslien Charles, Janet, $e author. 245 10 $a Miss Morgan's book brigade $h [large type] / $c Janet Skeslien Charles. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a [Waterville, Maine] : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2024. 300 $a 495 pages (large print) : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a Simultaneously published in Great Britain under the title: The librarians of Rue de Picardie. 520 $a "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. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, and their paths will converge in surprising ways"-- $c Back cover. 600 10 $a Carson, Jessie, $d 1876-1959 $v Fiction. 610 20 $a American Committee for Devastated France $v Fiction. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women librarians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women philanthropists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Civilian relief $z France $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Americans $z France $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Children's libraries $z France $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Librarians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a France $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Fiction. 730 1 $a The librarians of Rue de Picardie. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20240704010541.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C60166DC39CA11EFB1F0D68530ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search