The American Library in Paris occupies a quiet corner of the rue du General Camou, marked by a simple glass facade that opens into rows of English-language books. It started in nineteen twenty with the surplus collection of the American Library Association, which had sent thousands of volumes to soldiers during the First World War. When the fighting stopped, the books stayed in Paris. Dorothy Reeder became the first official librarian, later refusing to leave her post when German forces occupied the city in nineteen forty.
The American Library in Paris
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