Mr. Greene discussed his book Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen. The book recounts the story of North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II. In 1941, a North Platte resident wrote a letter to the local newspaper suggesting that the railroad depot be converted into the North Platte Canteen — a place where homesick soldiers could enjoy coffee, home-cooked food and friendly conversation during the ten minute stopover of the troop trains. From Christmas Day 1941 to the end of World War II, the community of 12,000 people provided this service to more than six million GIs. The book is based on interviews with residents of North Platte, Nebraska, and soldiers who passed through the town. After his presentation, Mr. Green answered questions from members of the audience.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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Mr. Greene discussed his book Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen. The book recounts the story of North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II. In 1941, a North Platte resident wrote a letter to the local newspaper suggesting that the railroad depot be converted into the North Platte Canteen — a place where homesick soldiers could enjoy coffee, home-cooked food and friendly conversation during the ten minute stopover of the troop trains. From Christmas Day 1941 to the end of World War II, the community of 12,000 people provided this service to more than six million GIs. The book is based on interviews with residents of North Platte, Nebraska, and soldiers who passed through the town. After his presentation, Mr. Green answered questions from members of the audience.