This Day In History: 1945-02-22

The Librarian announced that among the new books on the shelves were “The World of Washington Irving” by Van Wyck Brooks, Irving Stone’s “Immortal Wife” and the collection of Ernie Pyle’s wartime dispatches “Brave Men” (Pyle had only a few weeks to live.  He was killed during the US invasion of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945.)

(The wisdom of the original selection is seen in the fact that not only are all three books still in the Library collection but all three were out when I checked on February 17, 1989)

(Bristow)