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The library book / by Susan Orlean.
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. 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? 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 mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before.--from book jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476740188
- ISBN: 1476740186
- ISBN: 9781476740195
- ISBN: 1476740194
- Physical Description: 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Simon and Schuster, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317). |
| Target Audience Note: | N.L. Lexile. |
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| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helix Public Library | A 027.47 ORL (Text) | 37835000128088 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Athena Public Library | 027.009 ORL (Text) | 37813000168420 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Baker Richland Branch | 027.479494 .O715l 2018 (Text) | 37814003210524 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | INFORMATION SCIENCE ORLEA 2018 (Text) | 23892000947906 | Main Collection | Available | - | ||
| Cook Memorial Library - La Grande | 027.479 O715 (Text) | 35178001701674 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Grant County Library | 027.47 ORLEAN (Text) | 37845000606850 | Adult Non-Fiction | Checked out | 06/03/2025 | ||
| Harney County Library | 027.47 ORLEAN (Text) | 37720000580357 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Hood River County Library | 027.4794 ORL 2018 (Text) | 33892100572982 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Hood River Valley High School Library | 027.4794 ORL (Text) | 33892006109418 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
| Ione Public Library | 027.47 ORL (Text) | 37843000082792 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
