Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
Contents
Introduction: information, reading, place -- Pride of a century: the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- A credit to the place: the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa -- Tourist attraction: the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan -- Those commission ideas: the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin -- Literature suitable for a small public library: Main Street public library collections -- Epilogue: agent of social harmony.