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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CRIME CLASSICS
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
DISCOVERY is one of the great joys of spending time
with Library of Congress collections. Throughout the
hardships and challenges of the past year, the Library has
“An outstanding new series”—Booklist LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CRIME CLASSICS
strengthened its commitment to sharing those discoveries.
Mystery fans are especially eager for new content, and
the debut of the Library of Congress Crime Classics
series made available five gems from the golden
NOW AVAILABLE
age of American crime writing. We’ve been delighted
with the reception of what Booklist describes as THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR
an “outstanding new series,” and we look forward
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, 1897
to the release of three more new titles in 2021.
Author Mary Jane Appel became so enthralled with Late at night, Miss Amelia Butterworth observes two people entering
the work of Russell Lee while working to organize and her neighbor’s home, but only one leaves. The next morning a young
digitize photographs in the Library’s massive Farm woman is found dead, stabbed by a seemingly innocuous hat pin.
Miss Butterworth is determined to solve the mystery before veteran
Security Administration-Office of War Information
Detective Ebenezer Gryce. But what begins as a battle of the sexes
(FSA-OWI) collection that she went on to spend two
soon turns into a fight for the ever-elusive truth, rife with social
decades meticulously researching the enigmatic
tension and mistaken identity.
photographer. Her new biography, Russell Lee: A
Photographer’s Life and Legacy, brings long overdue
Photo: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress “This inaugural volume in the Library of Congress Crime Classics
appreciation to the work of one of the greatest
series, featuring the first woman sleuth in a series, is a must for
photographers of Depression-era America.
genre buffs.”—Publishers Weekly
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, edited by Joy Harjo,
the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, reflects the genesis of a new Library collection, housed in the $18.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 300 pp. ISBN: 9781464212956
American Folklife Center, that celebrates the contributions of contemporary native poets
to American poetry.
Having mined the treasures of the Library’s Children’s Literature Center, Sybille Jagusch
takes readers on a fascinating and informative journey through nearly two hundred years
of American children’s books and periodicals in Japan and American Children’s Literature: THE RAT BEGAN TO GNAW THE ROPE
A Journey.
By C. W. GRAFTON, 1943
Celebrated photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker joined Library curators in reviewing
nearly one million photographs in preparation for the Not an Ostrich exhibition. The Gil Henry is the youngest partner in a small law firm, not a
Not an Ostrich Photo Zine features one hundred photographs from the exhibition hard-boiled sleuth. But when attractive Ruth McClure asks him to
investigate the value of the stock she inherited, Gil becomes embroiled
creatively arranged to provide context and encourage close and critical observation.
in scandal, subterfuge, and murder. In this portrait of America on the
Beautiful, affordable, and accessible, Library of Congress Books bring the treasures of the eve of America’s entry into World War II, C. W. Grafton—the father of
world’s largest library to readers everywhere. Turn these pages to discover them for yourself. prolific mystery writer Sue Grafton—pens an award-winning mystery
that will keep readers guessing until its thrilling conclusion.
Carla D. Hayden
“The superior prose and logical but surprising plot twists amply
justify this volume’s reissue as a Library of Congress Crime
Classic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Librarian of Congress $14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 304 pp. ISBN: 9781464212987
Cover image: Adapted from a 1936 Federal Art Project poster.
WPA Poster Collection
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
CASE PENDING APRIL 2021: THE SILENT BULLET
By DELL SHANNON, 1960 By ARTHUR B. REEVE, 1912
Beaten, robbed, and left in an abandoned lot, Elena Ramirez died like This short story collection features Craig Kennedy, a university professor
many others in 1960s Los Angeles. In fact, a nearly identical murder who uses science to help catch criminals. The crimes themselves
happened six months earlier—a case that Detective Luis Mendoza are highly imaginative, featuring deaths by apparent-but-inexplicable
was never able to solve. Along with the begrudging help of Detective- means, including asphyxiation, spontaneous combustion, and vengeful
Sergeant Hackett, Mendoza must separate the many twisted threads spirits, along with less fatal crimes involving kidnapping, safecracking,
of this crime–from murder to black-market adoption and extortion. stolen wills, and a missing fortune in diamonds. Kennedy’s use
of cutting-edge technology of the day—such as seismographs, lie
“The whole package is excellent. . . . I do recommend Case detectors, artificial respirators, and hidden microphones—makes his
Pending highly.”—Classic Mysteries investigations both unorthodox and entertaining.
$14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 240 pp. ISBN: 9781464213014 $14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8 ½", 336 pp. ISBN: 9781464215001
FINAL PROOF JUNE 2021: THE DEAD LETTER
By RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI, 1898 By SEELEY REGESTER, 1867
Detective Jack Barnes and Robert Leroy Mitchel are sometimes part- When Henry Moreland is found dead, Richard Redfield, an old family
ners, often competitors. These dueling detectives tackle a slew of friend, vows to bring Henry’s killer to justice. Together with a legendary
unsolvable cases: a body washed up in the river after its cremation, detective named Mr. Burton, he embarks on a mission to find the
the disappearance of a priceless emerald that leaves a trail of death murderer. When suspicion turns to Richard himself, he leaves to work in
in its wake, and an IOU demanding a man’s life. Through crisp prose, the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC. Then a mysterious letter from
captivating plot twists, and charming characters, Rodrigues Ottolengui’s the past turns up, and a new hunt begins. This 1860s twisting tale is the
collection of stories delves into the bizarre, dangerous, and ridiculous first full-length American detective novel.
side of human nature. $14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 272 pp. ISBN: 9781464214974
“Mystery fans devoted to logical deduction will welcome this
reissue.”—Publishers Weekly
$14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 320 pp. ISBN: 9781464214875
LAST SEEN WEARING AUGUST 2021: JIM HANVEY, DETECTIVE
By HILLARY WAUGH, 1952 By OCTAVUS ROY COHEN, 1923
It’s an ordinary morning for Lowell Mitchell at her ordinary university Badly dressed, uncouth, with a common drawl and a habit of blinking
in Massachusetts. She goes to her Friday morning history class, heads so slowly and deliberately that the act appears more of an “ocular
back to her dormitory, and talks with her roommate. Everything is fine yawn,” Jim Hanvey is yet admired and feared in equal measure by
until suddenly it’s not—in the blink of an eye, Lowell is gone. Considered the crooks and con men he calls friends. He plies his trade principally
one of the first-ever police procedurals, Last Seen Wearing is riveting on behalf of insurance companies looking to recover stolen jewels or
in its accurate portrayal of a police investigation. Based on a true crime, cash. In this entertaining collection set all around the country, he often
this is an engrossing, nail-biting mystery. manages to thwart the thieves before they are even able to commit
their crimes, much to their displeasure—and begrudging respect.
“This entry in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series from
$14.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 256 pp. ISBN: 9781464215032
MWA Grand Master Waugh (1920–2008) stands as one of the
first and best police procedurals.”—Publishers Weekly
Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, in association
$15.99, Paperback, 5½" x 8½", 240 pp. ISBN: 9781464213052
with the Library of Congress. Series Editor Leslie S. Klinger.
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY A contemporary of Walker Evans
and Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee,
long overlooked, now emerges
as one of the greatest photographers
of Depression-era America.
RUSSELL LEE
A Photographer’s Life and Legacy
By MARY JANE APPEL
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
The most prolific photographer of the Farm Security
Administration (FSA), Russell Lee has never been
canonized for his iconic images of mid-century America.
With this insightful biography, historian and archivist
Mary Jane Appel uncovers Lee’s fascinating life, tracing
his journey from blue-blood beginnings to self-taught
photographer. Under the guidance of FSA director Roy
Stryker, Lee captured arresting images of dust storms
and punishing floods, and chronicled the WWII home
front and the heyday of small-town America—all the
while focusing prophetically on themes like segregation
and climate change. With more than 100 images, Russell
Lee speaks not only to the complexity of a pioneering
documentary photographer’s work, but to a seminal
American moment captured viscerally like never before.
Mary Jane Appel is a photographic historian who has
worked with image collections in archival and curatorial
capacities at various institutions including the Library of
Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and Texas State
University. She lives in Washington, DC.
Liveright Books, an imprint
of W. W. Norton & Company,
in association with the
Library of Congress, 2021
$40.00, Hardcover, 7⅗" / ,
/ x 9⅖"
384 pp., 100 illustrations
ISBN: 9781631496165
Opposite page: Street scene,
Spencer, Iowa, December 1936.
Above: FSA clients,
New Madrid County, Missouri, May 1938.
“Mary Jane Appel brings Lee the attention he has
long deserved, and also brings to life a period of
optimism about government that we would do well
to remember.”—Nicholas Lemann, Pulitzer-Moore
Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
MAY 2021
LIVING NATIONS,
LIVING WORDS
An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
Collected and with an introduction by JOY HARJO,
23rd U.S. Poet Laureate
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet
Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples
past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers
the work of contemporary native poets into a national,
fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrat-
ing their vital and unequivocal contributions to American
poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and
poet from the project to offer readers a chance to hold
the wealth of poems in their hands. With work from Natalie
Diaz, Ray Young Bear, Craig Santos Perez, Sherwin Bitsui,
Layli Long Soldier, and others, Living Nations, Living Words
showcases “poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a com-
munity, the heart and lands of the people. In this country,
poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous
nations. Living Nations, Living Words is a representative
offering” (Joy Harjo).
Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She
is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently An
American Sunrise, and a memoir, Crazy Brave. Named Poet
Laureate of the United States in 2019, she lives in Tulsa, OK,
where she is a Tulsa Artist Fellow.
W. W. Norton & Company in association with the Library of Congress,
2021
/ x 8⅗",
$15.00, Paperback, 6⅖" / 192 pp.
ISBN: 9780393867916
$15.00, Ebook
ISBN: 9780393867923
Photo: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
JUNE 2021
JAPAN AND
AMERICAN
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
A Journey
By SYBILLE A. JAGUSCH
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
Introduction by J. THOMAS RIMER
This volume takes readers on a journey
through nearly two centuries of American
children’s books depicting Japanese culture,
starting with Commodore Matthew Perry in
the 1850s and going to the present. Along
the way, it traces the important role that
representations of Japan played in the
evolution of children’s literature. It also
considers how American children’s books
about Japan have gradually become more
realistic with more Japanese-American
authors entering the field, and with texts
grappling with such serious subjects as
internment camps and the bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Drawing from the Library of Congress’s
“The span of this remarkable illustrated ‘Journey,’
massive collection, Sybille A. Jagusch presents
assembled with such scrupulous taste and
long passages from many different types
understanding by Sybille A. Jagusch, provides of Japanese-themed children’s books and
a fascinating account of how two disparate periodicals to give readers a fascinating look at
societies and cultures . . . have gradually come these striking texts.
closer to each other as their mutual contacts
Sybille A. Jagusch, chief of the Children’s Literature
have continued to increase.”—J. Thomas Rimer Center in the Library of Congress since 1983, is
Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian widely recognized for her expertise in the field of
Languages & Literatures, University national and international children's literature.
of Pittsburgh
Rutgers University Press in association with the Library
of Congress, 2021
$49.95, Paperback, 9 1/10" x 11½", 350 pp.,
194 color illustrations
ISBN: 9781978822627
$120.00, Hardcover
ISBN: 9781978822870 Top image: Cover from All Nations ABC. New York: Charles F. Graham, ca. 1890.
$49.95, Ebook
Bottom image: Cover from The Adventures of a Japanese Doll, by Henry Mayer. New York:
ISBN: 9781978822634 E. P. Dutton, 1901.
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EXHIBITION COMPANIONS
SHALL NOT BE DENIED ROSA PARKS
Women Fight for the Vote In Her Own Words
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, By SUSAN REYBURN
Librarian of Congress Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
tells the story of the radical and transformative Until recently, Rosa Parks’s personal papers were
campaign for woman suffrage that spanned more unavailable to the public. With a compelling new
than seven decades. For years, determined women book and exhibition, the Library of Congress, now
organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, home to the Parks Collection, reveals the civil rights
picketed, and faced imprisonment for daring to icon for the first time in print through her private
claim their right to vote. The movement questioned manuscripts and handwritten notes.
the nation’s commitment to democracy, highlighted Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words illumines her inner
persistent racial and class tensions, challenged thoughts, her ongoing struggles, and how she
domestic relationships, and laid the groundwork came to be the person who stood up by sitting
for political activism through the twentieth century down. At the height of the Montgomery Bus
to today. Boycott, as she was both pilloried and celebrated,
she found a catharsis in her writing. Her precise descriptions “This concise yet moving
The book commemorates the centennial of the Nineteenth
of her arrest, the segregated South, and her recollections tribute spotlights an inspiring
Amendment that granted women the right to vote. Shall Not Be
of childhood resistance to white supremacy document a progressive leader and
Denied draws from the Library’s extensive collections relating to
woman suffrage, including the organizational records of the National
lifetime of battling inequality. Parks expressed her thoughts on demonstrates how the
paper using whatever was available—meeting agendas, event
American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s historical record should be
programs, even drug store bags. More than eighty color and
Party and the personal papers of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady studied.”—Library Journal
black-and-white images from her collection—many appearing in
Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, Carrie Chapman Catt, and others.
print for the first time—are also featured, along with ephemera
from a long life as a private person in the public eye.
“This artfully presented collection of photographs, broadsheets,
cartoons, pamphlets and varied other illustrations of women’s Susan Reyburn, a senior writer-editor in the Library of
struggle for equality in America, along with illuminating prose, Congress Publishing Office, is the author of Football
Nation: Four Hundred Years of America’s Game
makes it clear that the battle for rights has been bitter, some-
(Abrams, 2013) and Women Who Dare: Amelia
times brutal. And it’s not over yet. Though it might make you
Earhart (Pomegranate, 2006).
mad—read it and learn!”—Cokie Roberts, journalist and author
of Founding Mothers, Ladies of Liberty, and Capital Dames University of Georgia Press in association with
the Library of Congress, 2019
Rutgers University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2019 $16.95, Paperback, 7" x 7", 96 pp., 84 illustrations
ISBN: 9780820356921
$24.95, Paperback, 8" x 8¼", 128 pp., 150 illustrations
ISBN: 9781978808911
Undated notebook page, ca. 1956.
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EXHIBITION COMPANIONS
WINTER 2021
NOT AN OSTRICH
Images from America’s Library
The Not an Ostrich exhibition features more than
400 images selected from Library of Congress
collections by celebrated photography curator
Anne Wilkes Tucker. The exhibit debuted at the
Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles
in 2018 and is scheduled to open at the Library of
Congress in 2021.
Dating from the 1830s to the present day,
the images reflect a wide range of locations,
demographics, occupations, landscapes, and
activities. While many are whimsical, others
provoke serious reflection on different cultures
and social and environmental conditions,
challenging viewers to consider “What are we
BASEBALL AMERICANA GAME FACES really looking at?”
Not an Ostrich reflects the eclectic and
By HARRY KATZ, FRANK CERESI, PHIL MICHEL, Early Baseball Cards from
sometimes offbeat nature of the images and
WILSON McBEE, and SUSAN REYBURN the Library of Congress “Not an Ostrich,” this photo pictures British actress Isla Bevan
inspires further investigation into the Library’s holding an exotic goose at the 41st annual Poultry Show at Madison
Baseball Americana examines the game’s hard- By PETER DEVEREAUX photography collections. Following a brief Square Garden, NY, circa 1930, Underwood and Underwood.
scrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely Preface by CARLA D. HAYDEN, introductory reflection from Tucker, the photo
American character through the wide-ranging and Librarian of Congress zine features more than 100 photographs from
deep collections of the Library of Congress. The Foreword by JOHN THORN, the exhibition keenly arranged and accompanied
more than 350 illustrations—many never published Official Historian of Major League Baseball by curious tidbits and compelling backstories.
before—include first generation, vintage baseball
Game Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball Library of Congress
cards; the earliest known printed image of baseball
in America; rare and popular items from advertis- cards from the Library of Congress’s Benjamin K. $9.95, Paperback, 10" x 12", 80 pp., 100 illustrations
ing, film, and music; and an array of ballpark, team, Edwards Collection, bringing to life an era of ISBN: 9780844495804
player, and fan images from the late-eighteenth American history that saw the game explode in
century to the mid-twentieth. popularity. Marrying gems from the collection’s 2,100
baseball cards to images of American life, the book
“The most resonant images in Baseball offers readers an intimate view of both baseball’s
Americana capture anonymous figures simply development and American culture at the turn of
the twentieth century.
playing the game. . . . These photographs, like
baseball’s history, have a cumulative power.” “A beautifully designed piece of popular
—New York Times culture.”—Booklist
Harper Perennial in association with the Library
Peter Devereaux is a writer-editor in the Library of
of Congress, 2018
Congress Publishing Office and author of The Card
$24.99, Paperback, 9¼" x 11", 256 pp., 350 illustrations
Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures.
ISBN: 9780062841506
Smithsonian Books in association with the Library
of Congress, 2018
$24.95, Hardcover, 8" x 8", 160 pp., 318 color illustrations
ISBN: 9781588346346
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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
NORTH MISSISSIPPI
HOMEPLACE
Photographs & Folklife
By MICHAEL FORD
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
Introduction by TODD HARVEY
In the early 1970s, photographer and documentary
filmmaker Michael Ford moved from Boston to rural
Mississippi, where he spent the next four years recording
everyday life through interviews, still photographs, and
film. His efforts resulted in the award-winning documen-
tary film Homeplace (1975). In this illustrated volume,
Ford’s photographs offer a valuable window into the rural,
local culture of northern Mississippi. “A good read for anyone
longing to see photography,
Michael Ford is the proprietor of Yellow Cat Productions, an award-
winning media production company based in Washington, DC.
Mississippi folklife, and a
look back to an era that is
University of Georgia Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2019
rapidly disappearing.”
$39.95, Hardcover, 9" x 9", 200 pp. 195 color photographs
—Clarion-Ledger
ISBN: 9780820354408
SONDHEIM ON MUSIC
Minor Details and Major Decisions,
“The cherry trees in bloom CHERRY BLOSSOMS The Less Is More Edition
are a haven of serenity in By MARK EDEN HOROWITZ
Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress
the nation’s capital. Cherry
In this collection of interviews with Mark Eden Horowitz,
Blossoms is a keepsake By MARI NAKAHARA and KATHERINE BLOOD
Stephen Sondheim expounds in great depth and detail
volume that preserves their Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Librarian of Congress on his craft. Preserving the essential elements of
beauty and elegance no the previous volumes, this edition includes all of the
This keepsake volume showcases a stunning variety of prints, posters,
matter the season.” interviews—verbatim—and features a revised intro-
photographs, and artifacts from cherry blossom (sakura) collections at
—The Beacon the Library of Congress. Vivid color woodblock prints by ukiyo-e master
duction and postlude with an additional conversation.
artists illustrate the Japanese tradition of hanami, or flower viewing, Mark Eden Horowitz is a senior music specialist in the
while photographs and posters reflect the tradition’s endurance into the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
modern age, juxtaposing sakura with Fukushima’s high-speed trains and
Tokyo’s skyscrapers. Rowman & Littlefield in association with the Library of Congress,
2019
Mari Nakahara is curator of architecture, design, and engineering $24.00, Paperback, 6" x 9", 296 pp.
in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. ISBN: 9781538125502
Katherine Blood is curator of fine prints in the Library of Congress Prints $22.50, Ebook
and Photographs Division. ISBN: 9781538125519
Smithsonian Books in association with the Library of Congress, 2020 “One of the finest books focusing on
$18.95, Hardcover, 8" x 8", 86 pp., 90 illustrations [Sondheim’s] work.”—Playbill
ISBN: 9781588346841
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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
COLLECTING FOR DRAWN TO PURPOSE
A NEW WORLD American Women Illustrators
Treasures of the Early Americas and Cartoonists
By JOHN W. HESSLER By MARTHA H. KENNEDY
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Librarian of Congress
Librarian of Congress
Drawn to Purpose honors the immense artistic achieve-
The history of the early Americas is defined by a ments of women in American illustration from the late
moment of contact between the indigenous peoples nineteenth century into the twenty-first. Special attention
who inhabited the land and the European explorers is paid to cover designs, editorial illustrations, and political
who would persecute them. Collecting for a New cartoons, revealing the contributions of acclaimed cartoon-
World relates these encounters through more than ists and illustrators, along with many whose work has been
60 priceless manuscripts, maps, archaeological overlooked.
“Much more than merely a collection of photos objects, and rare books from the Library of Congress.
Martha H. Kennedy is a retired curator of popular and applied
of 60 notable artefacts. . . it gives copious detail John W. Hessler is the curator of the Jay I. Kislak graphic art at the Library of Congress.
on the historical and social environment in Collection of the History and Archaeology of the Early 2019 Eisner Award for the Best Comics-Related Book
which they originated.”—Richard H. Maudslay, Americas at the Library of Congress.
University Press of Mississippi in association with the Library
British Mexican Society of Congress, 2018 “A dazzling, exhaustive and superlative―
D Giles Limited in association with the Library of Congress, 2019
$50.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 240 pp., 250 illustrations not to mention long overdue―
$30.00, Hardcover,9" x 7½", 176 pp., 100 illustrations
ISBN: 9781911282396 ISBN: 9781496815927 examination of an important area
$25.00, Ebook
$20.00, Paperback of cartooning scholarship.”
ISBN: 9781911282600 ISBN : 9781496815934
—Tom Heintjes, Hogan's Alley
AMERICAN JOURNAL AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
Fifty Poems for our Time A Library of Congress Illustrated History
Selected and introduced by TRACY K. SMITH, By MARGARET E. WAGNER
22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Foreword by DAVID M. KENNEDY, Historian,
Stanford University
American Journal presents fifty contemporary
poems that explore and celebrate our country and America and the Great War commemorates the centennial
our lives. Past poet laureate of the United States and of World War I. Chronicling the United States in neutrality
Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a and in conflict, it presents events and arguments, political
remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down and military battles, bitter tragedies and epic achievements
the registers of American poetry. that marked U.S. involvement in the first modern war.
Tracy K. Smith served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of Margaret E. Wagner is the author of The Library of Congress
the United States. She is the author of several books Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War, The American Civil War:
of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Life 365 Days, and World War II: 365 Days.
on Mars.
2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Graywolf Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2018
Bloomsbury Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2017
$22.00, Hardcover,7¼" x 4¾", 122 pp.
$45.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 384 pp., 280 illustrations
ISBN: 9781555978389
ISBN: 9781620409824
$14.00, Paperback “A work that combines an entertaining
$31.50, Ebook
ISBN: 9781555978150
“It is refreshing to read a book that unifies ISBN: 9781620409831 coffee-table format with an intellectually
our diverse perspectives.” —ZYZZYVA rewarding text.”—Publishers Weekly
18 19INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
THE CARD CATALOG PICTURING AMERICA
Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps
By THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS By STEPHEN J. HORNSBY
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Foreword by RALPH E. EHRENBERG
Librarian of Congress Picturing America is the first work of its kind to
examine this bold art form. Geographer Stephen J.
The Card Catalog tells the story of the Library of Congress’s
Hornsby gathers together more than 150 delightful
card catalog system and highlights the literary treasures
images from the golden age of American pictorial maps.
in the Library’s immense collection along the way. With
engaging text that charts the history of the catalog—from
Stephen J. Hornsby is director of the Canadian-American
its origins five thousand years ago to the present—and
Center and professor of geography and Canadian
sprinkled with interesting trivia and anecdotes, The Card
studies at the University of Maine.
Catalog is a tribute to the written word and the enduring
2017 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize from the
magic of books.
American Association of Geographers
Chronicle Books in association with the Library of Congress, 2017 University of Chicago Press in association with the Library
$35.00, Hardcover, 7½” x 9”, 224 pp., 236 illustrations of Congress, 2017
“Beautifully produced, intelligently ISBN: 9781452145402 $45.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 304 pp., 153 color plates
written and lavishly illustrated.” ISBN: 9780226386041 “A superbly crafted visual feast.”
—Washington Post $36.00, Ebook
—Journal of Historical Geography
ISBN: 9780226386188
AMERICAN LIBRARIES, FABRIANO
1730–1950 City of Medieval and
By KENNETH BREISCH
Renaissance Papermaking
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, By SYLVIA RODGERS ALBRO
Librarian of Congress
This book explores how the Arab art of papermaking
American Libraries provides a history and panorama of by hand came to the Italian peninsula in the thirteenth
these much-loved structures encompassing the small century and why the city of Fabriano was well-
personal collection, the vast university library, and positioned to develop as the heart of this artisan craft.
everything in between.
Sylvia Rodgers Albro is a senior conservator of rare
Kenneth Breisch is an associate professor at the School
materials on paper at the Library of Congress.
of Architecture at the University of Southern California.
Oak Knoll Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2016
Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture, $95.00, Hardcover, 9" x 9", 230 pp., 230 illustrations
Design, and Engineering ISBN: 9781584563518
W. W. Norton & Company in association with the Library “For centuries Fabriano has been Italy’s
of Congress, 2017
most famous papermaking center and Albro
“An impressively informative history of $75.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 320 pp., 500 illustrations
relates its early history with unrivaled knowl-
the evolution of the library in America.” ISBN: 9780393731606
edge.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post
—Midwest Book Review
20 21ABOUT THE LIBRARY
AMERICA’S GREATEST
LIBRARY
An Illustrated History
of the Library of Congress
By JOHN Y. COLE
Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
Librarian of Congress
This illustrated history highlights the personalities,
collections, and events that created and
sustained the world’s largest library. The
chronology traces the growth of the collections
through a combination of concise milestones,
brief essays, and vivid photographs and
illustrations.
D Giles Limited in association with the Library
of Congress, 2018
8¼" x 10", 256 pp., 250 illustrations
$39.95, Hardcover ISBN: 9781911282136
$19.95, Paperback ISBN: 9780844495750
$19.99, Ebook ISBN: 9781911282303
ON THESE WALLS
Inscriptions & Quotations
in the Library of Congress
By JOHN Y. COLE
This beautifully illustrated book is a guide to the
works of art found in the Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, and James Madison Memorial buildings
of the Library of Congress. The buildings are not
only feats of architecture, but they also harbor a
wealth of inscriptions and quotations on their walls
and ceilings.
Scala Publishers in association with the Library
of Congress, 2008
$19.95 Paperback 9" x 10", 128 pp. 100 color illustrations
ISBN: 9781857595451
Interior of dome. Library of Congress John Y. Cole is the historian of the Library of “Cole is a deft tour guide, whether explaining
Thomas Jefferson Building, Congress. He was the founding director of the the institution’s origins or telling compelling
Washington, DC, 2007. Library’s Center for the Book from 1977 to 2016.
Photo by Carol M. Highsmith stories.”—Washingtonian
22 23FUN AND GAMES
PUZZLES KNOWLEDGE CARDS
SEA ANEMONES: Ar t Forms in Nature
(Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904), plate 49
By ERNST HAECKEL
500-piece puzzle $16.95; ISBN: 9780764979491
HUMMINGBIRDS: Ar t Forms in Nature
(Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904), plate 99
By ERNST HAECKEL Includes Madeleine Includes César Estrada
Includes Aretha Franklin, Includes Groundhog Day,
300-piece puzzle $14.95; ISBN: 9780764978685 Albright, Isabel Allende, Gwen Ifill, Quincy Jones, Chávez, Linda Chávez, Lord of the Rings, My
Judy Blume, Marjory Spike Lee, John Lewis, Sandra Cisneros, Fair Lady, The Princess
STORY MAP OF IRELAND Stoneman Douglas, Ruth Condoleezza Rice, Freddy Fender, José Bride, The Shawshank
Bader Ginsburg, Annette Jackie Robinson, Limón, Nancy Lopez, Redemption, and This Is
By COLORTEXT PUBLICATIONS, 1935 Gordon-Reed, and Harold Washington, and Anthony Quinn Spinal Tap
500-piece puzzle $16.95; ISBN: 9780764969331 Nina Simon and August Wilson
THE WIZARD OF OZ Each Knowledge Card pack: $10.95, 3¼" x 4", 48 cards
By L. FRANK BAUM,
illustrated by W. W. DENSLOW, 1900
300-piece puzzle $14.95; ISBN: 9780764965128 CALENDARS
AN ANCIENTE MAPPE OF FAIRYLAND
By BERNARD SLEIGH, ca. 1920
ERNST HAECKEL ART FORMS IN NATURE
1,000-piece puzzle $19.95; ISBN: 9780764977329 2021 Wall Calendar $14.99; ISBN: 9780764998591
A spectacular merging of art and science, Ernst Haeckel’s 1904
Kunstformen der Natur (or Art Forms in Nature) celebrates the beauty
and evolution of life forms.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS POSTERS
2021 Wall Calendar $14.99; ISBN: 9780764999932
Women’s centuries-long fight for equality sprang into the mainstream
in the 1960s and 1970s, inspiring the colorful and iconic posters featured
in this calendar.
Pomegranate Communications, Inc., in association with the Library of Congress
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