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020			_a9781616892173 (hardback)
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245	0	4	_aThe public library : _h[Book] : _ba photographic essay / _cRobert Dawson ; foreword by Bill Moyers ; afterword by Ann Patchett.
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_a191 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of American writers and librarians.
520			_a"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these institutions--from Alaska to Florida, New England to the West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated writers--including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today--are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution"-- _cProvided by publisher.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aPublic libraries _zUnited States _xPictorial works.
650		0	_aPublic libraries _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLibraries and society _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLibraries and community _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLibrary users _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial. _2bisacsh.
700			_aDawson, Robert, _d1950- _kSelections. _tPhotographs.
700	1		_aMoyers, Bill D.,
700			_aPatchett, Ann, _ewriter of supplementary textual content.
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