02151cam a2200373 i 4500 1286950239 TxAuBib 20240529120000.0 160121s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798885798402 (OCoLC)1428821868 TxAuBib rda Skeslien Charles, Janet, author. Miss Morgan's book brigade / Janet Skeslien Charles. Large print edition. [Waterville, ME] : Thorndike Press, 2024. 495 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Simultaneously published in Great Britain under the title: The librarians of Rue de Picardie. 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 20240529. A novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France. Carson, Jessie 1876-1959 Fiction. American Committee for Devastated France Fiction. New York Public Library Fiction. Americans France Fiction. Children's libraries France Fiction. Librarians Fiction. World War I, 1914-1918 Civilian relief France Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft TXKPL