Irrepressible reformer : a biography of Melvil Dewey / Wayne A. Wiegand.
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) is known for his Decimal Classification system for libraries, but the system was only one endeavor in a feverishly ambitious life. The other Dewey - reformer, businessman, powerful state education officer, resort-empire builder - has long been obscured, as has the dark side...
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Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- |
Format: | Book
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Language: | English |
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Chicago :
American Library Association,
1996.
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