The Public Library - 9781616892173
Un libro in lingua di Dawson Robert (PHT) Moyers Bill D. (FRW) Patchett Ann (AFT) Asimov Isaac (CON) Kingsolver Barbara (CON) edito da Princeton Architectural Pr, 2014
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"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these institutions--from Alaska to Florida, New England to the West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated writers--including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today--are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution"--
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Public Library
- Sottotitolo: A Photographic Essay
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Dawson Robert (PHT) Moyers Bill D. (FRW) Patchett Ann (AFT) Asimov Isaac (CON) Kingsolver Barbara (CON)
- Editore: Princeton Architectural Pr
- Collana: Princeton Architectural Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 08 Aprile '14
- Genere: PHOTOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : Public libraries United States Pictorial works Public libraries United States Libraries and society United States
- Pagine: 191
- EAN-13: 9781616892173