One World
The book was just delivered and it came from a book store just up the road–Austin! I found the following statement on the fly sheet an interesting reminder of the time:
“About the Appearance of Books in Wartime
“A recent ruling by the War Production Board has curtailed the use of paper by book publishers in 1943. In line with this ruling and in order to conserve materials and manpower, we are co-operating by: “1. Using lighter-weight paper which reduces the bulk of our books substantially. 2. Printing books with smaller margins and with more words to each page. Result: fewer pages per book. Slimmer and smaller books will save paper and plate metal and labor. We are sure that readers will understand the publishers’ desire to co-operate as fully as possible with the objectives of the War Production Board and our government.”
On August 26, 1942, Willkiehe began his trip–49 days 31,000 miles around the world–65 years ago next Sunday. At the end of a paragraph on page 2 is the statement: “Our thinking in the future must be world-wide.” It’s going to be interesting.
Candace
PS Thanks for the review of Water For Elephants–may have to rethink it.