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Originally posted by TruEssence:
Which book would you save art_gurl?
that's a tough one! I love books and I tend to keep them because they become part of me and where I've journeyed.
Depending on which room I'm in, it would be between a copy of
The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, that my aunty gave me as a child - precious stories and precious gift from someone very special. Or, Native Nations, by Edward S. Curtin. To cut a long story short, he was a photographer in the 1800s and set about compiling a 12 volume set of books detailing and recording photographically, each of the Native American tribes - before a lot of the elders passed away. His life was quite amazing, and certainly full of controversy. Curtin went bankrupt trying to complete his passionate mission, and few of the original books survive, and the book I have is a reprint with a selection of pictures of Native American Indians from various tribes. In another lifetime I would surely have lived in within what I consider to be one of the most phenomenal cultures and societies on the planet.
Sorry for the long-winded response.
One is a little book, one is large, both are very precious.
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... there is only time to save ONE BOOK (and not a photo album ok!) from your library/house.
what OTHER book would you 'save'?
