The Library Book

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Call Number: Adult Book / Large Print / Nonfiction / History / Orlean, Susan
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Large Print / Nonfiction / History / Orlean, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Large Print / Nonfiction / History / Orlean, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf

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Everything you always wanted to know about the Los Angeles library submitted by hiker15 on August 11, 2023, 10:52am The hook for this book is the fire that damaged over 1 million books in the Los Angeles library in the late 1980s. But then the author goes on to describe in intricate detail and descriptive language her childhood love of libraries, the people currently using the Los Angeles library and the history of the Los Angeles library system, the history of the head librarians, and the history of libraries in general. If you like reading flowery overly descriptive language, you will like this book. The most interesting part for me was learning about the burning of libraries in France, Belgium, Russia, Poland, etc. by Hitler's army during WW2 as well as the burning of libraries in other war conflicts.