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"Susan Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--our libraries"--

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Main Author:	Orlean, Susan (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon and Schuster, 2018.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Los Angeles Public Library. > Central Library > Fire, 1986. Los Angeles Public Library. > Central Library > History. Public libraries > California > Los Angeles > History. Arson investigation. Books. Library materials. Libraries > Social aspects. True crime stories.
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Summary:	"Susan Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--our libraries"--
Physical Description:	317 pages : illustraions ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781476740188 1476740186 9781476740195 1476740194
Author Notes:	Susan Orlean is a staff writer for The New Yorker and has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. She graduated from the University of Michigan and worked as a reporter in Portland, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts. Orlean is the author of The Orchid Thief and Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend. She now lives in New York City and can be reached via the internet at www.susanorlean.com (Bowker Author Biography)