This is the story of Lord's experiences as the librarian of the George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, where she served the small community of Francestown, New Hampshire from 1943 to 1960. New to the profession, she made up a lot of the protocol herself and kept a journal, noting her encounters with people and books, and reacting to current events as they affected the library and her town. The result is a unique book that recounts not only the culture of a possibly simpler time in small-town New England, but also the day-to-day operations of the pre-automated library.
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