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Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library

Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library

A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the peopleâ€™s interestsâ€”by the reporter who broke the story
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In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York Cityâ€™s most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library.

In the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis, the libraryâ€™s leaders forged an audacious plan to sell off multiple branch libraries, mutilate a historic building, and send millions of books to a storage facility in New Jersey. Scholars, researchers, and readers would be out of luck, but real estate developers and New Yorkâ€™s Mayor Bloomberg would get what they wanted.

But when the story broke, the people fought back, as famous writers, professors, and citizensâ€™ groups came together to defend a national treasure.

Rich with revealing interviews with key figures, Patience and Fortitude is at once a hugely readable history of the libraryâ€™s secret plans, and a stirring account of a rare triumph against the forces of money and power.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 53941
ReleaseDate 2015-06-23
EANs 9781612194295

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