The Bookshop is an entertaining romp through the history of America’s bookstores, paying tribute to dusty stacks, colorful booksellers and the dedicated patrons who have helped shops endure.
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The Bookshop is an entertaining romp through the history of America’s bookstores, paying tribute to dusty stacks, colorful booksellers and the dedicated patrons who have helped shops endure.
“If bookstores were animals, they’d be on the list of endangered species,” notes author and historian Evan Friss in The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. While endangered, bookstores are also, as Friss convincingly argues, resilient, powerful places with the capacity to anchor communities, shape lives and bring people together.
Friss sets the stage…
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