The library book, Susan Orlean
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The library book, Susan Orlean
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eng
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history
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The library book
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digital audio book
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1056747338
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Susan Orlean
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 hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library -- and, if so, who?
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- Public libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
- Library buildings + Fires and fire prevention
- Library materials + Conservation and restoration
- Books + Conservation and restoration
- Digital audio book
- Fires -- California -- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library -- Fire, 1986
- Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library -- History
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- Public libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
- Library buildings + Fires and fire prevention
- Library materials + Conservation and restoration
- Books + Conservation and restoration
- Digital audio book
- Fires -- California -- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library -- Fire, 1986
- Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library -- History
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