This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Books on travel and history in a packed library display
A long catalog of forthcoming books and authors appears in this issue, covering diverse works from Washington contacts and Middle East travels to Kon-Tiki and children’s classics. Notable titles include Elizabet Bentley’s bondage tale, John Gunther’s updated Cairo to Damascus narrative, Jefferson and the Right Man, and the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabett
Bentley
Washington
Cairo
Damascus
Middle East
John Roy Carlson
U.S. A
John Gunther
Erik Hesselberg
Anne Hey
Elytians
Speek
Alaska
Iona
Peter Opie
Witten
Fulton Oursler
Robin Hood