I have just finished reading The Lace Reader by Brunion Barry. I knew she had a new book out, so I searched that book 1520 libraries had that book. My local library did not have that novel. Alexander - Mitchell was the first library, but the directory could not be found. The next library was Siouxland Library, but this time the book could not be found. The Ames Library did have a copy. Under the author's name, there were 4 entries; two books and two books on CDs. Her new book, The Map of True Places takes place in Salem, Ma, also. I went to the subject Salem, MA - fiction. Fiction and non-fiction books (biographies and history) were shown. This is a great site for helping you to find books by an author and/or subject that you find interesting.
I searched South Dakota in the OAIster database. I went to "Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Marcella Powers, May 15, 1942. I could not view that entry. I went to the picture of "Log Shanty with flag, woman and seven boys". It was an interesting picture and could be used for historical reasearch.
There was an eclectic group of information, from pictures to articles on indigenous plants in this index. This is a database that would take some time to find the information a person requires. Another interesting place to spend some time.
Hi, Amy! I love reading this lesson's comments because I always learn about new books. Thanks for your discoveries. I love your description of OAIster as "eclectic." Indeed, it is. It is a good place for scholarly research or historical images. I followed the access link to your cited Sinclair Lewis letter and got the same results as you did. Broken links do occur here, but if you get to the owning insitution, you can search within their database for the item. Then I searched within that database, typing in the search box "Sinclair Lewis 1942" and got the letter: http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p15160coll1&CISOPTR=1464&REC=7
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