FOR THE PEOPLE, FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES by Seymour, William North, Jr. and Elizabeth N. Layne - 1979

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xviii, (vi), 189+(1) pages. First edition. A citizen's action manual--a rallying cry in support of libraries and people--with information on what you can do to help protect our public library system and increase government support. A key resource that shows why the survival of the public library is essential to American liberty. Appendices include a Mission Statement for Public Libraries, President Jimmy Carter on Libraries, and a Library Bill of Rights.