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Seaver recounts the truly fascinating professional life of Rebecca Browning Rankin...highly recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; recommended --<i>The Australian Library Journal</i>; meticulously documented --<i>Libraries & Culture</i>; In his edifying book, Barry Seaver not only calls attention to a special kind of public intellectual, but also illuminates the history of New York City at a time of dramatic political change. --William E. Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barry Seaver's careful research brings to life the career of a librarian, politician, and prolific author. His book will be must reading for historians, librarians, political scientists, and politicians interested in drawing on this crucial period of American city government. --Roger W. Lotchin, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Seaver recounts the truly fascinating professional life of Rebecca Browning Rankin...highly recommended --Library Journal; recommended --The Australian Library Journal; meticulously documented --Libraries & Culture; In his edifying book, Barry Seaver not only calls attention to a special kind of public intellectual, but also illuminates the history of New York City at a time of dramatic political change. --William E. Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barry Seaver's careful research brings to life the career of a librarian, politician, and prolific author. His book will be must reading for historians, librarians, political scientists, and politicians interested in drawing on this crucial period of American city government. --Roger W. Lotchin, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Barry W. Seaver is a librarian at the Durham County (North Carolina) Public Library. He is the editor of Civic Duty: The Newsletter of the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium.

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