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All About Books: “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean
On a spring morning in 1986, fire alarms went off at the Los Angeles Public Library. 7 hours later, 400,000 books were consumed, with almost twice as many damaged. “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean investigates the fire and the larger story of libraries in our country
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On a spring morning in 1986, fire alarms went off at the Los Angeles Public Library. 7 hours later, 400,000 books were consumed, with almost twice as many damaged. “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean investigates the fire and the larger story of libraries in our country
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