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"In the third and fourth decades of this century a few giants in the field of ideas, dedication, and sheer, unadulterated hard work were all that stood between life and death for public library service in the small communities and rural reaches of British Columbia. Charles Keith Morison is one of those giants. As Regional Librarian of the Fraser Valley in the early days of struggle and strife, and later as Superintendent of the Public Library Commission during the war years and beyond, he kept visiting and talking, talking and visiting, keeping alive the spark of library interest until it became a steady flame. The account that follows is at once the memories that "C.K." carries with him and a tribute to all those who worked with him, listened to him, and, inevitably, sometimes fought against him. It is, to me, the liveliest story of a period in library development that has passed into history as pioneer times. It is C.K.'s own story, a personal thing, and that is its enchantment."--introduction. |
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