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Dewey [LP] the small-town library cat who touched the world

Traces the author's discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline's development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships, in a tale told against a backdrop of the town's strugg...

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Main Author: Myron, Vicki.
Other Authors: Witter, Bret.
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language: English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing Large Print, 2008.
Edition: Large print ed.
Subjects:
Dewey (Cat)
Library cats > Iowa > Spencer > Biography.
Librarians > Iowa > Spencer > Biography.
Large print books.
Summary: Traces the author's discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline's development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships, in a tale told against a backdrop of the town's struggles with the 1980s farm crisis.
Item Description: Originally published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2008.
Physical Description: xii, 464 p. (large print) : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780446541190
0446541192
Author Notes: Vicki Myron was born in Spencer, Iowa and grew up on a family farm in northwest Iowa. She received a bachelor's degree from Mankato State University and a master's degree from Emporia State University. In 1982, she started working at the Spencer public library as an assistant librarian. In 1987, she was named director of Spencer public library and held that position for over 25 years. She retired in 2007 in order to write Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. She has served on the Executive Board of the Iowa Library Association, on numerous statewide advisory panels, and is a library management instructor in the Iowa library system.

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