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Nicholson Baker
384 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375504440
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country's libraries—including the Library of Congress—have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and repla...
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Nicholson Baker
384 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375504440
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country's libraries—including the Library of Congress—have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and repla...