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Orlean, SusanOrlean, Susan
Summary: "Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027 ORLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027 ORLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027 ORLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 027 ORLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 027.4794 ORLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word OrleanOrlean, Susan
Summary: "On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm. As one fireman recounted later, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 027 ORLOrlean, Susan
Summary: On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, patrons and staff outside of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous, reaching 2000 degrees and burning for more than seven hours. It consumed four hundred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 027 ORLOrlean, Susan
Summary: Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to the beloved institution of libraries.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks, imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio 2018