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          2024 book by Evan Friss

          AuthorEvan Friss
          LanguageEnglish
          GenreNonfiction
          PublisherViking Press

          Publication date

          		August 6, 2024
          Publication placeUnited States
          Pages416
          ISBN978-0-593-29992-0

          The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore is a 2024 book by Evan Friss.

          Synopsis

          The Bookshop is a narrative overview of the history of independent bookstores in the United States. Each chapter focuses on a different bookstore, describing its history, contributions to its local community, and eventual decline.

          There are intermissions throughout the book looking at the bookselling industry more broadly. Bookstores described in the book include Boston's Old Corner Bookstore, Chicago's Marshall Field & Company, and New York's Oscar Wilde Bookshop

          Development

          Evan Friss is a professor of history at James Madison University, where he focuses on American urban history and public history.[1