Broward County Library's Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, is pleased to announce the publication of:

 

Series Americana: an exhibition of selected post depression-era regional literature from the collection of Carol Fitzgerald: October 25, 2007-January 8, 2008 / edited by James A. Findlay; curated by Carol Fitzgerald and James A. Findlay. - Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, c2007. -- 34 p.: col. ill. ; 22 cm.

 

CONTENTS: Acknowledgements - Collector's statement - American customs series - American folkways series -American forts series -The American lakes series - American mountain series - American procession series - American seaport series - American trails series -The mainstream of America series - Regional murder series - Regions of America series - Society in America series - Name index - Title index - Publishers index - Colophon. – NOTES: 500 copies printed. ­­- ISBN: 9780976226741 (pbk.) - $10.00 (includes shipping and handling. Institutions will be billed)

 

The series were published during the years 1940-1980 and contain 153 separate titles (78 were on exhibit and are documented in the printed exhibition catalog). Taken together, they continue to provide a compelling narrative of America: a unique self-portrait that encompasses the American people, their history and culture, and the natural treasures of the nation and the continent.

 

See a scanned copy of the printed exhibition catalog: 

 

http://digilab.browardlibrary.org/bienespublications.html  

 

(Click on the “Browse” button and scroll down to the title: Series Americana)

 

Please send orders to:

 

Bienes Museum of the Modern Book

Broward County Main Library

100 South Andrews Ave.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301