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The library book

Orlean, Susan (author.).

Summary: Susan Orlean, hailed as a "national treasure" by The Washington Post, reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries. On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: It reached 2,000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed 400,000 books and damaged 700,000 more. Weaving her life-long love of books and reading with the fascinating history of libraries, Susan Orlean presents a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling story as only she can.

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  • ISBN: 9781476740188
  • Physical Description: regular print
    317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Simon and Schuster, 2018.
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    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.

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Subject: Los Angeles Public Library. -- Central Library -- Fire, 1986
Los Angeles Public Library. -- Central Library -- History
Libraries -- Social aspects
Public libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- History

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  • 16 of 16 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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Terrace Public Library 027.479 ORL (Text) 35151001076777 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
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