5/24/2023 0 Comments Susan orlean the library![]() ![]() ![]() Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a "delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America" ( New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library-and if so, who? By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. ![]() The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. ![]() Susan Orlean's thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books-and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. ![]()
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