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Irrepressible reformer : a biography of Melvil Dewey / Wayne A. Wiegand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931.
- Dewey, Melvil.
- Librarians--United States--Biography.
- Librarians.
- United States.
- Educators--United States--Biography.
- Educators.
- Social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Biography of Melvil Dewey
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : American Library Association, 1996.
- Summary:
- Drawing from rare archival materials researched over a period of Fifteen years, preeminent Dewey historian Wayne Wiegand has produced the first frank and comprehensive biography of the man behind the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 083890680X
- OCLC:
- 34116924
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