August through October 2014

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The Kansas City Public Library and the National World War I Museum present Great War | Great Read — a commemoration of the centennial of World War I, including a community-wide reading and discussion of two classic books: Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Barbara W. Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning history, The Guns of August.

Public events include book discussions, film screenings, speaker programs, and special tours at the National World War I Museum, as well as lectures about notable battlefronts in Europe and the Middle East, Gold Star mothers, and the music of World War I.