Melvil Dewey

by Fremont Rider

A reprint of the 1944 edition. A volume in The Library Reference Series. A biography of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, and a pioneer in the American library movement, written by a friend and colleague. Covers Dewey's work at Amherst College, Columbia University and with the American Library Association, and notes the part he played in the entrance of women into library work. Illustrated with several period photographs. Index. xvi, 151+ 1 pages. cloth.. small 8vo..

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

151 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972