The Library Book
About this book
The Library Book alternates between a true-crime work on the suspicion of arson in the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Library; and a broader history of that library and Orlean's personal devotion to libraries in general, especially as the site of fond memories she shared with her mother.
Subjects
- arson
- arson investigation
- books
- fire, 1986
- fires
- history
- history / social history
- history / united states / 20th century
- large type books
- libraries
- libraries and society
- libraries, united states
- library materials
- los angeles (calif.), history
- los angeles public library
- los angeles public library. central library
- new york times bestseller
- new york times reviewed
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-11-04
- public libraries
- social aspects