Author: Hamilton Wright 1846-1916 Mabie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781371316655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Library of American Biography
Author: Jared Sparks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Library Book
Author: Susan Orlean
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1476740194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1476740194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.
The Year of Decision 1846
Author: Bernard Augustine De Voto
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312267940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the events of 1846 and 1847 in the development of the West including the opening of the overland trails and the war with Mexico.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312267940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the events of 1846 and 1847 in the development of the West including the opening of the overland trails and the war with Mexico.
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology
Author: Constance McLaughlin Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758196422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758196422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
LIB OF AMER HIST LITERATURE &
Author: Hamilton Wright 1846-1916 Mabie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781371316655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781371316655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Library of American History, Literature and Biography ..
Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781344037655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781344037655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Catalogue of the Library of the Department of the Interior, Including the Additions Made from May 31, 1877, to February 1, 1881
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385423732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385423732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
The Library of American History, Literature and Biography ...
Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ...
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Library
Author: Boston Public Library. Jamaica Plain Branch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description