In this episode of the Western Front Association’s Mentioned in Dispatches Podcast, bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles discusses her novel Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade and the remarkable true story that inspired it. The episode explores the life of Jessie “Kit” Carson, the Pittsburgh-born librarian who travelled to France during the First World War and became involved in relief and reconstruction work. Carson helped establish children’s libraries, trained some of the first French women librarians and used books and reading to bring comfort to communities devastated by the conflict. Janet discusses the connections between books, humanitarian relief, women’s history and the reconstruction of France, revealing a lesser-known aspect of the First World War and its aftermath.