Categories for Stories About Books
Books the Founders Read, Stories About Books
Books the Founders Read: Sidney’s Discourses Concerning Government
In this new series, I’ll highlight books that the Founding Fathers read, owned, wrote about, and were influenced by— works that were important in the creation of the United States… Read More
Rare Books, Stories About Books
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
“Who is John Galt?” With this question, Ayn Rand began her final novel, Atlas Shrugged, one of the most controversial, influential, and bestselling books of the 20th century. It’s a… Read More
Stories About Books
The Story Behind A.A. Milne’s Pooh Books
Click here to view our rare books by A.A. Milne. “Isn’t it funny how a bear loves honey?” One of the most familiar storybook bears is Winnie-the-Pooh created… Read More
Stories About Books
General Grant and Mark Twain: The Story Behind Grant’s Memoirs
As changes in fortune go, the swings experienced by Ulysses S. Grant during the final chapters of his life are somewhat legendary. From an early age Grant was preoccupied… Read More
Stories About Books
Beatrix Potter: Nature, Love and Success
Ducks, mice, kittens, and of course, rabbits. A menagerie of small creatures inhabits the pages of Beatrix Potter’s books. As a young girl, she loved nature, feeling more at… Read More
Culture Beat, Rare Books, Stories About Books
Culture Beat: Highlights of the Harlem Renaissance
Looking to escape the summer heat? You can’t beat a blissfully cool day exploring MoMA’s current show, “One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Works.” Jacob Lawrence’s masterful… Read More
Rare Books, Stories About Books
Greater than Gatsby? Why Tender is the Night might be Fitzgerald’s “intended masterpiece.”
The sick and tired adages regarding the relationship between art and the artist are rarely more evident and appropriate than in the curious case of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his… Read More
Rare Books, Stories About Books
The Writer, the Painter, and the Department Store Tycoon
In 1929, George Macy (of department store fame) founded the Limited Editions Club press for the purpose of publishing beautiful livres d’artiste. Artist’s books, which became especially popular in the… Read More
Stories About Books
Babbitt: The Single Book that Explains American Life
In the midst of a stultified seminar, a somewhat exasperated professor posited the following question to me and my weary-eyed cohorts. “If you had to pick a single book to… Read More
Stories About Books
5 Great Books to See in Las Vegas
That Plato should be the first of all the ancient philosophers to be translated and broadcast by the printing press was inevitable. –PMM Printed in the midst of the… Read More