About this item
"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." - Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are Magic. An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations. Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop,we see the stakes: what has been, and what might be lost.
About the Author
Evan Friss is a history professor at James Madison University. Friss holds a Ph.D. in History from the Graduate Center, City University of New York and an M.A. in History and a Certificate in Archival Management from New York University. Aside from reading, writing, and teaching history, he enjoys running and spending time with his wife and two children.
