Every Book Its Reader
The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
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Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveeverybookitsread00basb_450
- ISBN-100060593245
- ISBN-139780060593247
- Goodreads12180
- LibraryThing35840
and 3 more
- Better World Books9780060593247
- Better World BooksO9-CDU-635
- Open LibraryOL7279452M
Classifications
- LCCZ1003
Description
Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of countless influential people.
First Sentence
In the early years of the twentieth century a woman named May Lamberton Becker (1873-1958) enjoyed enormous popularity for the "Readers Guide" columns she wrote for the New York Evening Post, and later the Saturday Review of Literature.
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