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Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and New York and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com/SusanOrlean.

About the author

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and New York and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com/SusanOrlean.

Summary

The bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief reopens the unsolved mystery of one of the most catastrophic library fires in history and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries.

Foreword

The bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief reopens the unsolved mystery of one of the most catastrophic library fires in history and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Orlean
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781782392255
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-225-5
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Modern / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General and world history, Library, archive and information management