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Stewart, Kate

 
9781503904149: A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport
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ISBN 10 : 1503904148 ISBN 13 : 9781503904149
Editeur : Little A, 2019

Synopsis

The inspiring true story of an indomitable librarian’s journey from Nazi Germany to Seattle to Vietnam―all for the love of books.

Growing up under Fascist censorship in Nazi Germany, Ruth Rappaport absorbed a forbidden community of ideas in banned books. After fleeing her home in Leipzig at fifteen and losing both parents to the Holocaust, Ruth drifted between vocations, relationships, and countries, searching for belonging and purpose. When she found her calling in librarianship, Ruth became not only a witness to history but an agent for change as well.

Culled from decades of diaries, letters, and photographs, this epic true story reveals a driven woman who survived persecution, political unrest, and personal trauma through a love of books. It traces her activism from the Zionist movement to the Red Scare to bibliotherapy in Vietnam and finally to the Library of Congress, where Ruth made an indelible mark and found a home. Connecting it all, one constant thread: Ruth’s passion for the printed word, and the haven it provides―a haven that, as this singularly compelling biography proves, Ruth would spend her life making accessible to others. This wasn’t just a career for Ruth Rappaport. It was her purpose.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kate Stewart is a third-generation librarian, born and raised in the Midwest. She graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor of arts in history and from the University of Iowa with master’s degrees in history and library science. She has worked as a librarian and archivist for ProQuest, the Library of Congress, and the US Senate in Washington, DC. She is currently an archivist at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, Arizona. Learn more about Kate at www.kate-stewart.com.

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Éditeur
Little A
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1503904148
ISBN 13 
9781503904149
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
415
Coordonnées du fabricant
Amazon Publishing, Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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