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Susan Orlean adeptly bookends the story of Los Angeles' Central Library and it's devastating 1986 fire with her and her late mother's life-long love o
Susan Orlean adeptly bookends the story of Los Angeles' Central Library and it's devastating 1986 fire with her and her late mother's life-long love of libraries. As the bookends promise, this book is about much more than the 1986 fire and the primary arson suspect, instead it's about the people who have made and make the Central Library: its architects, its notable patrons (famous or other), its employees: security guards, circulation desk staff, subject librarians, and its diverse head librarians (from the late 19th century through the present). One can also not forget the numerous volunteers and organizations that helped ensure the preservation and rebuilding of the Central Library and its collections. Orlean also provides some very interesting factoids about historical library book challenges, book burnings, destruction of libraries, and the science of fire investigation. On more positive notes, she addresses the historical development of public libraries in the U.S. and how librarians and libraries have been on the leading edge of technological change, especially in regards to offering free technology access to the masses. Highly recommended for lovers of libraries, books, and history in general. p.s., Orlean's stories about her and her mom's visits to libraries really pulled me in as it reminded me of my own parents' love of libraries and their legacy of instilling that love in me, the boy who loved dinosaur books and grew up to be a librarian.:-)
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