American Treasures in the Library of Congress: Memory, Reason, Imagination

by Garry (intro) & Abby Smith (essay) Wills, Margaret E. Wagner, Garry Wills (Introduction)

One of the world's largest and most diverse repositories of recorded knowledge, the Library of Congress holds nearly 110 million items in formats ranging from manuscripts to motion pictures and sound recordings. This volume showcases 76 of the library's most important American treasures, which have been selected for its first-ever permanent public exhibition, opening in spring 1997. 97 illustrations, 93 in color.

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997