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America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000

America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000

by James Conaway  •  Edmund Morris

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

A history of the crown jewel in our country's library system. Author James Conway uses the thirteen men who have been appointed head of the library over the last 200 years as a lens through which to examine its evolution and its place in our national story.  (WDC08, $45.00)


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