Douglas reads the First Public Library's origin story | Staff Selects

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Douglas shares an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography about the founding of the first public library in America.

Glad to have you listening with us today! Today I have something special to celebrate americas two hundred and fiftieth birthday! I want to share with you a little bit from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Specifically the part where he writes about founding the first Public Library in America, and I hope you enjoy! We hope you enjoy this sneak peak, and as always if you enjoy the story then we invite you to visit your local library and ask them to reserve it for you! If you can't find it at your library, then you will want to follow my Project Gutenberg guide, so please check it out to learn more! - Check out the Library Systems official website where you can find links to free resources, school and career guides, and news about our upcoming events! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.pawls.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -Follow us on YouTube and enjoy our backlog of digital story hours and other great content! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@pawls365⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Original background track is The Talons Of Adventure, The Antlers Of Romance by Doctor Turtle, music from the freemusicarchive.org…

People in this episode

Host: Douglas

Topics covered

• public library
• Benjamin Franklin
• American history
• audiobook
• library resources

Keywords

• public library
• Benjamin Franklin
• autobiography
• Project Gutenberg
• library resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Gutenberg, freemusicarchive.org

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