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Throw a vote in for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!
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William H. Macy shares his pick for the One Book One New York program: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.
Bonus: lots of shameless puns.
@buzzfeed and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment are launching the “One Book, One New York” program, a new initiative to get everyone in NYC to read the same book at the same time. Voting for which book we’ll be reading opened up this morning; head on over and let us know which book you think every New Yorker should read!
I, and William H. Macy, picked A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.Vote here.
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As part of our initiative to collect the first or earliest possible edition of books cited in the Library of Congress “Books That Shaped America” list, we recently acquired two books on the list that are worthy of recognition in our Provenance Project.
One acquisition is a first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which features the autograph of the author, Betty Smith, while the second book is a later printing of a first edition of How to Win Friends and Influence People. In it, the author Dale Carnegie provides a lengthy inscription on the front endpaper:
This book is inscribed to Samuel Deutscher with deep salaams and salutations
Dale Carnegie
The book—which is considered the grand-daddy of all self-help books—sold over 15 million copies, and while we’re confident that our readers are already enthusiastic book lovers, perhaps we’ll study Carnegie’s principles to make our audience feel even more “important and appreciated.”
~Peter
This Provenance Project guest post was written by Peter Berg, Head of Special Collections and Associate Director for Special Collections & Preservation at Michigan State University. Dr. Berg received his undergraduate degree in History from MSU in 1969, his Library Science degree from the University of Michigan in 1975, and his doctorate in History from MSU in 1994.
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“To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” - Betty Smith
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