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Place of learning, place of dreams
a history of the Seattle Public Library
By Marshall, John F.
- ISBN
- 978-0-29598-347-9
- Publisher
- Seattle ; University of Washington Press : c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
Here is that rarest of public library histories, one that is both honest and readable. Marshall, book critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , tells the story of Seattle's great public library, warts and all, from the founding meeting of the Seattle Library Association in a frontier village to the high-risk appointment of current city librarian Deborah Jacobs. His account of the arrival of Dutch archite...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
