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The Library Book

★ Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction ★ Goodread’s Choice Awards – Nonfiction

On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirt

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 2019
Format: Print edition
Pages: —
ISBN: 9781476740195

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History: United States – 20th Century History: United States – State & Local – West (AK CA CO HI ID MT NV UT WY)Language Arts & Disciplines: Library & Information Science – General

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