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Author:

Skeslien Charles, Janet, author.

Title:

Miss Morgan's book brigade [large type] / Janet Skeslien Charles.

Format:

[large type] /

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

495 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Carson, Jessie,--1876-1959--Fiction.
American Committee for Devastated France--Fiction.
New York Public Library--Fiction.
Women librarians--Fiction.
Women philanthropists--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief--France--Fiction.
Americans--France--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Children's libraries--France--Fiction.
Librarians--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Large type books.
France--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.

Other Titles:

The librarians of Rue de Picardie.

Notes:

Simultaneously published in Great Britain under the title: The librarians of Rue de Picardie.

Summary:

"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"-- Back cover.

ISBN:

9798885798402

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)