It has been on the best sellers list now for many weeks and may be there for many more. People are buying it--you can get it from your local library if you don't mind being on a holding pattern for a while-- and it is worth the $28.00. You could order it on Amazon, what is not found on Amazon these days? if you wish.
In the Los Angeles paper it is said to be the story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public library, but it actuality is more than that. Sure, it starts there but blooms out to be the history of the library and the brave fight to save what was lost. The book details the improvements since th
e fire and the rebuilding of a better house for books and improvements to the library system.For those who love books it is a tear inducing book. Keep tissue close by as you start through the book. Who ever could be so hateful as to destroy books doesn't really deserve sympathy.
I enjoyed the tracing of the library movement through history.
A good book is worth the time spend reading it and someone has to take the time to store a copy of two or more. It is hoped that libraries will be with us for a long time to go. No one has the right to burn down our libraries and the goodies found inside. Not just books but DVDs and maps and magazines. We need our books and stores of knowledge. To burn down and destroy books and buildings is not an act of bravery.
I highly endorse this book and others like it.
