I Hear America Reading: Why We Read, what We Read
- ISBN-10
- 0325001340
- ISBN-13
- 9780325001340
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 116
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Boynton/Cook
- Author
- Jim Burke
Description
Collects letters written to the editor's students from children, soldiers, criminals, students, and others about the role books have played at different times in their lives.
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