Aritmetica [Arithmetic]. Missoula: Scuole Fort-Missoula, 1943 [Anno XXI].

Aritmetica [Arithmetic]. Missoula: Scuole Fort-Missoula, 1943 [Anno XXI].

This arithmetic textbook was written in Italian for classes for Italians - mostly civilians who were in the wrong place at the wrong time - who were imprisoned at the generally benign internment camp at Ft. Missoula, Montana, during World War II, where prisoners had their own printshop, among other amenities. In typescript. Note the notation of the year of the Fascist regime (Anno XXI) in the title.

Several volumes have been written about the Fort Missoula Alien Detention Center at Ft. Missoula, and there is a 32-acre center established by the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, which was established in 1975 to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Missoula County (including the Alien Detention Center) and western Montana for the education and cultural enrichment of visitors and area residents.

This volume (and Elementi di Algebra, were gifts to me from the great collector Michael Inman, who saved them from destruction by disposal by the NYPL in a dumpster.

Fort Missoula, Montana

Scuole Fort-Missoula

1943 [Anno XXI].

28 x 21.5cm; 94 + 17 p.

Italian