Do you think these state libraries are always throwing these books away? This sounds like an important part of history, I can’t imagine they’re being dumped in th trash!!
Should we contact our state libraries?
I can. What belongs in the dumpster is mostly 20th Century legislation.
One of my prized possessions is a first edition book by Charles Lindberg titled “We”....about his life an flight to Paris where when he landed someone asked him if he was Lindberg and he said ...Oui !
But the title is We vs Oui......:o)
Found this book an many others in a box of trash headed for the burn barn when a old civil defense shelter was cleaned out.
Many other books collected in such a manner as in the frankfort arsenal set of explosives encyclopedias...an piles of old books from libary sales an auctions.
Another favorite is an old officers manual by Major Jas A. Moss, United States Army. Sixth Edition, revised in 1917.
It has handwriting in front cover that reads:
Property of E.M. Smiley.
Lots of Cavalry era tactics, gear, customs, courtesy, uniforms etc modified in 1917 with stuff like the use an carry of the 1911 sidearm.
Old books are gems of history in this era of cut an paste. Granted back then the editors an publishers could get away with such as well as the author if they wanted to yet IMO this was a time you got yer butt beat an run out of town if caught ln a lie.
Now they give liars the Nobel Peace Prize.
Liberal-think. Out with the old! In with the New! As in, "living Constitution" and "Planet Gore".
Mush for brains, what did you expect? The only ones on the Left who can think are the really nasty bad actors that study power-politics all the time and want millions to die in labor camps.
thanks GeronL and neverdem.