Title: The Library Book
Description: 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: Libraries, Los Angeles Public Library, Arson, History, Libraries and society, Libraries, united states, Los angeles (calif.), history, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-11-04, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fire, 1986, Public libraries, Arson investigation, Books, Library materials, Social aspects, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library, Fires, Large type books
Places: California, Los Angeles
Time periods: 20th century