Patience & fortitude : a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture
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New York : HarperCollins, c2001., New York : HarperCollins, [2001].
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1st ed
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xviii, 636 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, c2001., New York : HarperCollins, [2001].
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Book
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1st ed
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 590-602) and index.
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"In 1995 Nicholas Basbanes introduced a resonant phrase to describe the obsessive passion people have had over the past twenty-five hundred years to possess books, a condition more commonly known as bibliomania, one he christened in his book A Gentle Madness. Reviewing the work in the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda judged it to be a gallery of wonderful characters, "each more appealing than the last."" "Now, in Patience & Fortitude, Basbanes continues his discursive adventures among the gently mad, expanding his focus to probe the more comprehensive concept of book culture. Visiting many key "book places" around the world, he talks with a striking variety of kindred spirits, each one a living testament to the unending relevance of these essential artifacts in our lives." "Drawing its title from the unofficial names of the marble lions that guard the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Patience & Fortitude explores the changing form of the book over the centuries and describes the nature of the institutions that have evolved to contain them, including academic, public, private, and national repositories."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Basbanes, N. A. (2001). Patience & fortitude: a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture (1st ed). HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943-. 2001. Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Basbanes, Nicholas A., 1943-. Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture HarperCollins, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Basbanes, Nicholas A. Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture 1st ed, HarperCollins, 2001.
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